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Hello Ken,

As I see in 10 days at the weekend my little girl comes back to the water again.
Actual I am repairing some crazy constructions in the rigging structure. Some other jobs have to wait until next winter, because the time for sailling is coming. Nearly one year refurbish and renew the boat is more I have ever planned and expected.
If the boat is in the water, some pictures will be placed here!

Kind regards

Gerold

Please have a look to the Pictures, this weekend the portholes will be reintegrated.

I hope in the mid of May she will be back in her natural Habitat.

Greetings

Gerold

Hello,

the most steps I have done this week are not really visible, but some pictures still possible.

This Weekend starting to install the cork on the bench seats inside.

Gerold

 I think much better than the old one.

Tomorrow we go on.

Hi and hello,

today we have started with the Tabernacle. Supported by Karsten (in real he was supported by me  ) the first parts of the new tabernacle were hard soldered. Now we have to wait until it is cooled down to check the fit on deck, then finish with the side and front plates.

Regards

Gerold

Yes, it is. 

THis weekend I had only some hours. But, the next steps are done.

The gliding rails opf the cabin roof were made of GRP and broken. Because I am not a specialist for GRP I decided to make them of Bronze. I think it looks nice.

The chair rail at the stern had to be renewed. I have used 10 mm strip of Teak to extend and compensate the radius of the top deck and a second one to cover both and create a border.

Welding job at the tabernacle is difficult, I hope I find a way next week. I have added a photo of the left front plate of my construction.

Kind regards

Gerold

Hello Barend,

thanks a lot, I am glad to hear this!

Please find enclosed some more photos of the small steps I do, including the goodies for my soul  (my wife says)

Gerold

Since a couple of weekends the WB is my 5:2 relationship 

Yesterday some of the wooden parts have been scraped off, sanded and the first coat have been done.

Regarding the technical equipment I have installed a new depth finder. To avoid any more holes in the hull I have installed the transducer inboard. For this I have mounted a screw-cap in the cabin, please see the photos below.

The next days I have to add the second, third and fourth coating on the wooden parts, on Thursday I get the bronze plates and I will craft the new tabernacle.

Regards

Gerold (ready for a hot shower)

Hello to you,

although I didn´t post a lot in the past, the work on my Winklebrig goes forward. Two weeks ago the trailer got his type approval from the german technical bcontrol board (TÜV) and his license plate TE - WB 120. TE stands for my hometown, the rest - I think you know

This weekend the stern stowages will be separated from the cabin, one for the bilge pump and one optimized for the fuel tank, including ventilation and draining outlet.

The hull itself is nearly completely new repainted, at the end of the next week I will start to craft the new tabernacle, made of bronze and tailored for the Winklebrig. 

I hope to present some new pictures within the next weeks. Very kind regards from here

Gerold

Hello Barend,

Mecklenburger Seenplatte, very nice area! I found an interesting account of a journey there under http://www.archiv.piekfall.info/pdf/piekfall_seite408.pdf . By the way, the hompage http://www.freunde-des-gaffelriggs.de is very interesting , unfortunatly only in german language.

I believe, it is possible to travel without the CE, but I need a registration because of several reasons and it is easier to get this if the boat has a CE label. At least, I will get this registration without because it is self bulit .

Kind regards


Gerold

Hi there,

WB 120 is going on! Actual I am at the last steps of repainting the deck. First I thought "easy doing!" but I had to learn nothing is as easy as it looks at the beginning. Large amounts of silicon residues required sand off the hull again an again, cleaning the surface with solvent and apply a thin epoxy layer. At least 7 times of this heats have to be done.

I do not like silicone, not at all on a boat. But the pre-owners seem to have a close link to this hellish stuff. 

Looking on other Winklebrigs I found the round bulleyes in the front side fit and proper. But at least my minister of finance denied any support 

Next week I will make some new photos.

Bye

Gerold

Hello Ken,

thank you for your comment, I have seen some people reading my posts and I am glad about it.
Actual I am still working at the hull, refurbish the painting and the baseboard.
Last week I have ordered additional parts for the nautical equipment: the new ICOM VHF M423G, LED navigation lights a.s.o. For the hull new brass bulleyes and a brass exhauster.
Additional a new tabernacle is in construction. I still have the original drawing from Eric, made of teak. Dscussing it with some friends an alternative combination of stainless steel covered with teak seems to be better, but then I decided to make a complete new construction basing to 6 mm brass ( CuSn6) as a corrosion resistant material which is much more compatible to the character of the WB and as strong as stainless steel. I use a Autocad system to create the construction and will cut the parts first from wood to check the design dimensions direct at the hull.
I hope to finish the work at the GRP until end of november and could start working at the interior and reinstall all hang on parts.
By the way, the call sign of VROUW KIRSTEN is DH6377, just got the official certificate.

If I have new photos I will go on with reporting.

As I wrote the bulwark of my WB was rotten and useless. Now I am thinking about the new one. As I see there have been three different designs used at the WB´s: Some have been made of solid Teak, very nice but difficult to assemble and to install. Some others have been made of marine ply in combination with a solid Teak chair rail. On my WB a two layer system, back side marine ply, front side GRP cover, was installed.
My question is: Does anyone have a dimensional drawing or sketch of the bulwark? Does anyone have experience with an alternative construction or solution?
One of my ideas is to reduce the length of the bulwark to the edges of the cabin, another one is to replace the width from one part to a combination of two smaller ledges superimposed upon each other.

What do you think about that?

Any ideas are very welcomed!

Greetings

Gerold

Hello,

just have seen, WB 114 "BASTA" is still for sale in Netherlands.

Now, I go on with my WB 120 to renew her. After finishing the regeneratioon of the fuselage I go on with the top deck. Grinding the whole surface and looking for damages or weak Points. My first impression is, the GRP is in very good condition.

Lots of smaller an bigger holes from earlier installations have to be closed and some installations will be modified.
Below the baseboard I found rotten Wood and a lot of silicone.
A log has been installed, but will be replaced by a depth finder, as I see more useful for this small ship.

I will go on and will Report.

Gerold