Antique
and Classic Wooden Boat
Restoration, Repair, Refinishing, Building and Sales
| Woodwind Yachts Restoration Project |
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Antique
and Classic Wooden Boat
Restoration, Repair, Refinishing, Building and Sales
| Woodwind Yachts Restoration Project |
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TYPE: 23' Rainbow Class Racing Sloop. BUILT: Hamilton, Ontario, Circa 1949. PROJECT: Remove and replace 15 planks, 40 ribs, keelson, lower stem, floor timbres, deadwood, keel bolts, deck beams and decks, superstructure, transom, rudder and boom. Completely refinish vessel. |
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| "CHAYA"
as she was found deteriorating away at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto. |
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| Close-up of
hull. Old ribs have been removed. Shown here are the wooden wedges epoxied
into the old fastener holes so the new ribs can be drilled and fastened
through "fresh" wood. |
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| Vessel is turned
upside down for ease in replacing the keelson and bottom planking. (Dragon
being built in background). |
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| Hull interior
is refinished prior to deck installation. New deck beams have been built,
varnished and installed. |
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| New marine
plywood decks have been installed with West epoxy system. Superstructure
and transom are being varnished, hull is sealed and primed. |
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| New deadwood
is being laminated together from select white oak. |
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| Deadwood
is being fitted to keel (upside down) and keel bolt holes are being drilled. |
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| Keel, deadwood
and new rudder have been installed. Cast iron ballast is being coated
with a rust preventative. |
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| "CHAYA"
finished and ready for transport to the Gravenhurst Antique and Classic
Boat Show - 1996. She won "Sailboat of the Show". The following
summer she was awarded "Best in Class" at the Clayton N.Y. Antique
and Classic Boat Show. |
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| "CHAYA"
is meticulously hand-painted in two colours on the beautiful new curved
transom. |
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| Rigged up and
moored at her dock in Port of Newcastle Marina. |
Woodwind
Yachts
3986 HWY. 7A, Nestleton,
Ontario, Canada L0B 1L0
TEL (905) 986-9663 FAX (905) 986-1345