huge pile of bits that came with the boat and others that are being kindly sent in from the wider yachty world. See www.dollyvarden.co.uk for details about the vessel and future plans.


So what lies ahead? I am thoroughly enjoying learning about marine surveying and am exhaustively enjoying practical wooden boatbuilding. There is always a chance that I will move into surveying more fully and with greater experience with traditional boats, who knows I may then have the wherewithal to tackle wooden boats, as well as the clearly inferior plastic boats!


Figure 5 - Dolly Varden arrives at the workshop, with a 16 ft clinker fishing boat under repair


Figure 6 - Watson Class lifeboat with repair to double diagonal mahogany planking


Figure 4 - Gartside design 8 foot pram dinghy nears completion


Figure 7 - Plank removed from clinker fishing boat. The removed section was used as a template to make the replacement strake


The Report • June 2017 • Issue 80 | 37


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