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.
John Burke

November 08.

Update.

Hi John,

Please find attached some more pics of my restoration.

As you can see, I've started on the cab sides. They are made from recycled lab worktops splined together. The wood is Iroko.

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