Journeys aboard Molly of Mylor, our Cornish Crabber 26
Mast woodwork complete
· Technical
I was very happy to receive these photos today from Nick Gates, the excellent shipwright repairing the rot on Molly’s mast foot. They tell the story of how the scarph is carried out, resulting in a very elegant job, which even improves on the original.
Sitka spruce block being planed flatNew piece ready for fitting, showing channel for cablesClamps applied!Trimming the scarphPleasing shape!Fairing the shouldersNick put on a technical bit of tape at the start of the job, to retain the exact length of the mastPrecisely four feet from the footThe new foot is made of teak, salvaged from the side of some steps on a Baltic Trader which was broken up 20 years agoFoot is screwed on and the holes filled with epoxy and microlite (filler) mixFinishing the surface prior to varnishing I’ve paid for a spruce block to be turned into shavings!! ;)
