Blue Peter Dinghy - Transom Plate
When our Blue Peter arrived, it didn't have a transom plate, presumably long since rotted away. I made one for…
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Making a Portable Drill Stand
I have slowly discovered my general ineptitude for holding a drill vertical - it can be up to 5 degrees…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Making a daggerboard
This evening I started routing out the daggerboard. In fact, to be clear, this is an oversized board to emulate…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Sanding to a shine
Today I started to sand back to a shine. I started with 180 grit, then 240, 320, 400, 600 ,…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Gelcoat coming together
Today I finished sanding back the existing repairs. The hull is now very close to smooth (at 120grit). There are…
Blue Peter Dinghy - Touch up of outer hull
Yesterday I applied my final touch up gelcoat to minor imperfections on the hull. Also to one area that either…