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I didn't realise that it had been a year since my previous message. The short version is that the cabin and parts of the deck were rebuilt in time to dismantle the tent because of the high winds that we get here starting in November or December. The longer story is... The plan went more or less as I...

Well. The starboard side of the beam is now completely accessible. The end, where it meets the hull has a gap forward of a few mm that was filled with some sort of filler of unknown kind. The aft side touches the hull. There had been a similar substance on the front of the beam where it was against ...

Hale Kai used to have an Aires windvane. It was an early model (the pre-metric kind where getting parts is no longer possible) and by the time it came to me it was seized hard. I can explain how it was mounted. It's big and heavy. If I were putting a new windvane on (as I plan to do but not just now...

Hi all! After pandemic delays, Hale Kai is now ashore at Granton and I've set about getting to the bottom of the rot that afflicts Golden Hinds where the bridge and main decks meet the aft bulkhead. It looks like a relatively major repair because of poorly done prior attempts at repair. The port sid...