Update on the New Mark Laying Boats Marine
The dreaded lurgie has affected the building of the Clubs two new mark laying boats at the Boat Development Company’s manufacturing facility in Cowes on the Isle of White, in the UK. Due to delays in the supply chain and workers self-isolating, completion of the first boat, Hull 020, has slipped back until the end of March next year. The new boat is based on a Nelson 35 design with the hull being the Nelson but with a completely new design of deck and pilot house.
Moulding of Hull 020 began in June
The Caterpillar C7.1 engine was made in the UK and delivered to the yard at the end of July
The hull was taken out of the mould on 29 September.
The wooden staging is used so that the laminators can work inside the hull without actually touching the mould or the hull
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Rigging of the crane to lift the almost complete hull, with bulkheads fitted, out of the mould
