Design.Material (oregon)Construction plan in cross-sectionMinor sparsJig for reboring rudderstock holeFibreglass rudderstock sleeve in positionHeadpiece cleaned up, showing detailed carving
Integration of rudder with rudder stockEye bolts for running rigging and mainsheet horse, together with source patterns.D-beadingD bead let into headpiece, cove line below rising to carved koru for restorationDeck, reglassed over hull intersection …… and refaired and undercoated.
Not in Wellington now, Dr Ropata. Need more fuel than merely to get in and out of the berth. So, in place of the intended tote tank under the cockpit floor, this template for a baffled tank in its place.And here it is, 67 litres of goodness. Sightglass and outlet to engine on front panel; port aft, fuel supply to deckfiller; starboard aft, return and breather. Reduced height forward sampson postGammon iron supportCove line termination: with a hat-tip to the Sangermani Sahib for her dot-dot-dot, dot-dash-dot – Morse for R(ogue).
Now, what goes well with bronze, canvas, hemp, and varnish?
Ballast cast precisely in accordance with Bruce Askew’s design but, at 1425 kgs, 25 per cent light on his extrapolated 1900 kgs weight. Suggestions of error will be met by reference to excruciatingauthenticity.Pattern for forward end of toerails, to be extended by about 50 per cent.Rudder and rudderstock test-fitted.
The restoration of Rogue (1892) 