With Shaune classed as a non-essential worker and furloughed during the lockdown and the volunteers sent home, Shamrock was left sat in her cradle on the slipway at Cotehele Quay. With his and the crews return in late August, Shamrock was checked out and found to be drying out with her ‘Elm’ bottom hull planks seams opening up. Her cover had also taken a battering with the after section needing the most attention this has now been covered with a new tarpaulin.
Due to the sudden shutdown in March, Nancy Belle was left in the boat shed during the lockdown this resulted in her hull planks drying out and seams opening up from stem to stern. On the crews return she was moved out onto the slipway and the hull was soaked by filling it with water in an attempt to swell the planks back into place. This failed, and was evidenced by water pouring out of her seams, so to facilitate the removal of all the various sealant materials used on her hull planks over the years all her electrics and engine have been removed and cleaning the out of the seams started.
Around the site the stocks of wood have been recovered where the previous covers had deteriorated or rotted away.
In the boat shed, Shamrock's workboat has been braced and chocked, this craft also needs some planks replacing, and the shed is in the process of being cleaned and tided in preparation for it being closed up and secured in November, no date has yet been set for when it will be reopened.
