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  • 4 months later...

golden light needs a new daddy/mumsy who can keep up with her and do her Justis

i flatter myself that i saved her life as she was in a situation of neglect when i found her

and would have drifted into a state of no return where she was.

that was 9 years ago and i have since done extensive work on her replacing the transom,

repairing the decks, replacing the wheel house roof, repairing the sides of the

sliding wheel house, replacing the runners, epoxying the decks and roofs ect, getting her up to

BSS standard and all of the work you see in this thread, i also fitted central heating

run off a multifuel stove which is fitted in such a way that it is hardly noticable and heats

the water too and its self circulating so that no pumps are needed.

she is a special boat and its been a pleasure to have her own me for 9 years.

jill

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ive been naughty and not started my engine all winter (BMC 2.5)

i decided it was about time today

i turned the key without leaving any time for the heater plugs and off she went no bother, 1st turn

of the key as always. :dance

jill

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Hi Jill

You clearly must have your reasons to make such a decission to put Golden Light up for sale, It is always diffilcult when you have devoted so much time and energy into a project to make these choices. Please keep the resto thread going until such time she is sold, I have always enjoyed reading this thread an looked forward to the next chapter. It will be missed. :(:(:(

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thanks jonny and col

the fact is im financially and physically past being able to do her justice for much longer and

would hate to see her go down hill.

my promise to GL was that as long as i was able to stay on top and hopefully go forward i would

remain.

shes been a brill place to bring up a daughter and a pleasure to live in and i consider myself very lucky.

when i replaced the transom board, parts of the internal sections of the open aft well deck were

removed, so replacing them is the next job.

jill

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the open aft well deck is now prepared for work to begin rebuilding the steps etc

the bilges have had another coat of ali primer and the bench that suports the rudder stock

has had a coat of ali primer and undercoat ready for gloss painting.

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saturdays work consisted of cutting priming and fitting the beam at the back to suport the new

bench that will go in above the rudder bench.

cutting the board to fix to the rudder bench ready for priming one side and staining and varnishing

the other.

the rudder bench has been primed and undercoated and will have couple of gloss coats later.

jill

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the work is still going forward

but at the moment as boards are being measured up and cut, they are being

taken back out to be painted or stained and varnished so that all surfaces are weather

proofed so no pickys at the mo.

jill

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some pickys of whats been hapening

sam is building a locker into the starboard side

it was a gas locker, as there were two previously, but it will now be a storage locker that can

house a spare gas bottle or ropes etc with removable shelves and a hinged door.

the light wood frames and trims are in iroko for durability also the new floor will be iroko.

most of what you see has been removed again for more paint and varish and sealing of end grain.

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Hi Jill

sadly when you sell the sexy Golden Light i hope the new owners do appropriate what a looker she is & do not make one single change to how she looks.

Jonny ice sliceice sliceice slice

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ive had a big set back today

i went to the garage to look out the old back

awning to use as a patern for a new one and its

not there, there is nowhere else it can be :?

i bought the material to make the back awning a couple

of years ago but dident have the cash to have it made

up then and ive moved garage twice since.

jill

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Guest chriscraft

HI, JILL

wouldn,t worry too much a good canvass man will make you one from a photo,and a few measurements,had the same problem with my modern restoration, no covers atall so my guy (based in lincoln) a bit far to help you,did exactly that,and did a craking job.

regards TREV

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thanks barry

sam put a few hours in last w/e

its nearly time to make the steps, the tops and floor will be iroko.

the edgings are iroko to, as its a dense oily hard wearing wood.

the bottom is iroko so i know it will all agree.

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the reason why the aft was taken apart was for the restoration of the transom in 2001, a scary job.

i could have patched it up but decided that for strength and durability, i would replace the lot with a one inch thick

board of marine ply hand picked from edens and thoroughly west system epoxied on sides and end grains before fitting.

the refit of the inside of the aft well dropped to the bottom of the list for more pressing jobs.

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