Lead ballast has been re-fastened by custom made bronze bolts, copper antifouling paint under the LWL; topsides were painted and polished, new dynel&epoxy deck painted antiskid,
cabin and cockpit mahogany were clear coated .
vintage camper&nicholsons sloop restoration
we rebuilt and replaced most framing by laminated framing; laminated floors;
cold molded two layers veneer over the whole hull; rebuilt thje deck by dynel set in epoxy ;
changed all original steel fastenings wich were badly corroded by bronze...
Western Red Cedar "frameless" strip planking fiberglass &epoxy sheating 36 ft cruiser racer .
Minimal framing is going to reinforce the hull; interior bulkheads acting as framing.
Construction setup was strats by laminated keel and stem/ stern.
The stern sections of this...
Here are our core four craftsmen, Nicodim, Cotovanu , Paul, Lucian, plus three french students were helping through the summer:Marouene, Ramzy and Haythem
we rolled the hull over in order to make sanding ; epoxy penetration and cold molding more efficient .
cold moulding three layers veneer; epoxy impregnated should make the hull strong for many years to come.
Al the steel fastenings through the +40 years old hull were badly corroded.
All were removed and replaced by bronze fastenings;
The framing was 50% rotten; we rebuilt it by laminated structures;
Planking was rebuilt and reinforced.
In the picture new spruce planking being installed instead...
three layers veneer impregnated in epoxy; first two layers diagonally; third layer horizontally;three coats epoxy on the outside.
the framing was entirely rebuilt in laminated wood.
most framing , most floors and 70% planking were rebuilt in laminated ash epoxy capsulated; the hull was rolled on two massive wood wheels; in order to facilitate the cold molding of three layers veneer&west system epoxy over the hull; ease sanding and fairing work ;improve epoxy...
first we took the paint off the entire hull and deck. the hull structure is resorcinol one layer of 10mm cold molded mahogany over inner 9mm spruce double planking hull ;
ballast keel was removed ,by cutting off the 40mm diam steel keel bolts; rot areas detected, keel wood left to dry, all...
After +2000 NauticalMiles sailing passage from Italy Genova to Bucharest Romania ;
the aging 40 ft Camper&Nicholson sloop ; the sea water still into the bilges; expects full restoration at our yard nearby Baneasa Airport Bucharest Romania
Designed and built Bucharest Romania 2003,
Globalisation at work: boat was sold by means of internet advertising to Dutch Antilles.
the first such craft to have ever been exported from Romania to American continent .
Seconds after first touch of the water; floats perfectly trim...
Composite cruiser 27 test launching ;Giurgiu on Danube River.Photo taken secs before hitting water.
Hull in polyester ; 50%vinylester and hand laind fiberglass 25mm thick; okoume cored framinmg and composite deck and cabin; 220 hp diesel ; bowthruster and mahogany interior.
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The 212 hp Steyr Turbo injection Diesel supported by okoume cored fiberglass framing, foam cored deck and cabin, mahogany&epoxy opening front windows,sliding lateral windows
douglas fir-white spruce strip planking (routered) , West Sys. & barbed bronze nails fastened+3mm mahogany x 3 layers cold molded.
Then all -West Syst. coated