wrapping up

It's the end of an era for me, and a new home for mudlark, I'll miss her, and wish her new owner fair winds and following seas

paint party

Having sorted out the gunwale, We've been busy with the paint, the hull on the port side is now primed, soon to be black with a white stripe. Many thanks to Tom, Fi, Will, Juliana and Juan for coming down to help.

summer update

I've Finally had some time on my hands, so here's a quick update:
The work on the aft deck is done, ice cubes frozen and drinks at the ready :)
The bathroom is coming together, I've got the shower finished and the loo plumbed in

With all the nice weather I've been mostly working on the outside of Mudlark, I've replaced the gunwhale on the port side (the shiny new looking bit where the hull meets the deck, and we've been cleaning off the old paint from the planking beneath, I twisted Juan's arm to do a bit

I've been working on the new bathroom (heads) as well as the deck at the stern. The remains of the old galley is gone, stripped back to the insulation the previous owner fitted to the bulkhead. in the picture you can see a zig zag rad line, which is the level of the deck in the old wheel house.
I've placed the loo in the corner to see how it fits, the shower is taking shape to the left.

It's nice to be putting stuff together again :)
This weekend I've been making the frames for the lockers under the side decks.
I've used iroko, so I can varnish it, and have some wood son show to contrast with the painted decks.
Meanwhile, back in the workshop Dad is making a wooded grating for the shower tray, so there will be something to stand on

another overdue update

I've been working away on Mudlark, just not doing so much to the blog!

I've extended the side decks all the way to the stern, using epoxy sheathed plywood. The idea is to provide some seating for those sunset drinks :) and storage space on the aft deck. I will panel in the open side to make a couple of lockers. Hopefully the covers will be off in time for summer.

Below deck I have started building the heads (bathroom) I've made the shower tray, and got the door frame in place, so it's starting to look like a bathroom now

overdue update!

I haven't found the time to update this blog for a while, but I have still been getting on with Mudlark :)
The second water tank (port side) is now in place, in what will become the heads (bathroom)
I've finished the woodwork behind the tank, and painted it, which turned out to be a longer job than I'd first thought.


The current work in progress is to clean the bilges under the future bathroom