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WATCH THE VIDEO HERE REPAIR 3: Door Hinge Over many years of use, one of the screws in the door that held the top hinge plate had come loose. The screw had partially stripped the wood, so there was no longer any wood for the screws to hold onto. I removed the screw and wiped […]
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Repair 4: Door Window Ledge The window ledge, with its detail work, is one of the main character elements of the door, but it was in rough shape. One end of the ledge had been broken off and the top plate had split halfway across. Removing the ledge would be detrimental […]
WATCH THE REPAIR HERE REPAIR 2: Vertical Deadbolt Above the mortise lockset area, there appears to have been a vertical deadbolt lock. This area was not nearly as badly damaged as around the door handle, but it needed to be repaired. There was a hole that ran completely through the door and on one side, […]
Suspended in a cradle at the former Creese’s yard, Battery Point, a 40-year-old 40′ timber yacht is being returned to its original form to compete in the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart. The yacht is owned by an experienced sailor, Rob Gough, who, with John Saul aboard the Akilaria RC2 “Sidewinder,” etched their place in Race […]
By Ken Wilson After burning out my engine coupler and being towed home to Kelowna Yacht Club (KYC) (by a sailboat, no less), I knew my boat was going to need some work. We hauled the boat out of the water and removed the engine to determine the extent of repairs required.
