A new Section of back bone for Hatasoo

 The New Keel is Cut out.

In one of the previous posts I talked about how hard it was to decide what to keep of Hatasoo to preserve the originality and what we had to replace to make her safe again to be able to sail her to her full potential.

I have shown photos of the main part of the keel and the cracks and damage from the iron bolts in the past.  When I visited Adam last time the keel was out and the full extent of the problem had displayed itself.

The shrinkage was severe which accounted for why there was a gap between the ballast keel and the wood keel.  If that had been the only problem we could have repaired all the shakes and cracks, but it had twisted as well from top to bottom and front to back.  Most pronounced at the stern where the rudder post was fitted.

So on the trailer is the new section for the keel in its raw state.

In Adams workshop and he starts on the shaping of the keel from the original.

Roughed out cutting the new curve.

Old and new side by side

Addition is cut and placed

Templating for the rabbet and the frame locations

Marked out for shaping

The stern has some shape to it.  For me it is great to see and much as we are a long way off, talk of the next stage has begun.  Rumour has it that the Fife Regatta is to be held next year in June.  So thoughts of whether we will have Hatasoo ready by then are being discussed.  With out some kind of funding or sponsorship it will be impossible to finance that quick.

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 Fundraising to help the restoration of Hatasoo.

Due to the nature of restoring an important historical yacht, we have duty to try and keep as much original structure as we can safely do.  The problem is deciding when to replace instead of repair, yet make sure that once she is finished Hatasoo will be able to be sailed hard like when she was built in 1894 and compete in the club racing and regattas that are held on both the east and west of Scotland.

We have set up a fundraising page with Crowdfunder a site that will collect donations then pass them on to me to contribute to the work being done at A & R Way Boatbuilding.

Any amount however small will help towards the bill that is expected to be in excess of  £60,000.  My wife and I will be covering a major part of the costs, but to ensure that we manage to finish we are asking for donations from anyone who would like to help. Or would just fancy one of the bottles available.

In return some of the amounts will be rewarded with a bottle of whisky.  All the details are available on the funding website Crowdfunder  

The following pictures are some of the bottles available for different value donations

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