Life Jackets

While Nancy Belle is receiving a fresh coat of paint, in preparation for her 2017 river trips, the life jackets that have to be worn by passengers and crew have been taken away to be checked and serviced. These will also be needed by the members of the crew manning Shamrock on any of her trips. Shamrock's main and mizzen boom crutches that were starting to look a little tatty have been stripped of all their old varnish and are in the process of being painted. Shaune must be losing his preference for varnish!

Busy January

January has been a busy month for Shamrock's crew with the heat from the wood burner allowing painting and varnishing to be completed to a high standard and harden up ready to be returned to the elements. Jobs finished include the deckhouse, forward companionway, bowsprit, mizzen mast, main plus mizzen booms and gaffs. Nancy Belle has also been rubbed down and any damaged sections of paint primed ready for a new coat of paint. Her deck boards have been removed and are being coated with anti slip paint. The star job of the month has been the design and building of a 'movable engine control housing' from pine, old bits of marine plywood and then veneered with recycled teak. The criteria being that anyone watching when Shamrock is sailing will not be able to see the controls, the housing will not look out of place and will be easily stowed out of sight, in the after cabin, when not in use. Well done Shaune.

Lots of varnish.

Paint and varnish.

Spotty Nancy Belle

Just add combined engine and gear control lever.

Matching roof lines.