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John Burke has sent in these pics of his unique 3 tonner. She is undergoing repairs at Hoylake Sailing club on the Wirral. At present she has no name... She has never been launched! To my knowledge it is the only one so far to have been clinker built! Must have been yard built I suspect, someone has made a nice job of her.
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My historical knowledge
of the boat is "patchy" but I know that it was built here in Hoylake,
possibly in the late 70's or early 80's. Unfortunately, it was never
completed due to the death of the builder so it has never been in the water.
The planking is larch on oak frames which are spaced at 9 inch centres. I
have some of the plans including drawing 109, sheets 1 to 6 and an
additional sheet by Maurice Griffiths detailing how bilge keels can be
attached. The sail plans are Bermudian sloop and gaff sloop. My first job
is to take the old paint work off and check for signs of rot in the
planking.
Hopefully John will be able to continue sending in update pics and a few words to explain what is going on her. Work seems to be well under way anyway! *************************************************************** May 2008, John has been in touch and words are on their way! JW.
The first shows a view
of the new carlins primed in grey and also the new bulkhead finally in
place. I have also built a shelf in the forepeak. There is still work to do
on the port sheer plank before I can fit the deck.
The second photo shows a new main beam and a view of the bulkhead from inside the cabin. Sorry about the centre board in the foreground.
Please find attached a
few shots of the hull repair on my boat. I had this job done professionally
by one of the few remaining craftsmen who can do this sort of work in this
area. The rotten planks were removed all the way aft to the transom and then
scarfed at the forward end. Fortunately the ribs were okay. ******************************************** November 08. Update.
I still need to taper them towards the forward end before I finally glue them in place. The corner post is made from the same wood but is 3 pieces glued together. John ****************************************************** November 2009.
Late November 2009 John has sent these pictures in.
He is making good progress, the foredeck beams are in place and the decks going on. the odd shaped little window, he assures me is only because the frame is not secure and it has slipped. He admits it will be a problem to seal the vertical tongue and groove on the cabin, but with modern mastics it is possible and it will look right! The boat is re-enforced with sensible galvanised steel angle alongside the hog.
Hopefully the winters snows will soon be past and progress reports will come in thick and fast once work restarts!
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