The original boat now needed to be restored....as it had served it's purpose..
All the filler and MDF was removed, by you've guessed ot ...rubbing down...
This did'nt seem as bad...because I could actually see what I needed to do...
Rub it back with coarse paper to remove the un-natural high gloss finish it had now attained....re-fit the rubbing strips with brass screws...that alone took two days, as the oak strips had by now dried out...never the less...levers and ropes pulled them back, to line up with the positions they had been removed from, 12 months earlier...the boat was then painted with two coats of undercoat...before a further two coats of gloss were applied...
The solid brass keel band was polished and re-fitted, using brass screws...
Due to the vast amount of rubbing down the boat had received...it now sported a superior finish...ready for it's next owner...
....It could be you....
