Red Alert Refurbishment

The re-build of the Rowsell built Solo, Red Alert continues. The hull is now in the skilled hands of Kevin Gosling before going back to owner Ian Barnett for the fit out.

New transom and trim in and shaped to match the original.

New sycamore gunwales on and ready for shaping, I thought Kevin would shape with an electric plane but he tells me he prefers to use a hand plane.

The decks are now completely stripped down and look surprisingly good, inside of the side tanks are already flatted back and will probably be good enough to take new varnish in due course.

New thwart is on and ready for final shaping and new deck beam is on behind the mast gate.

The new deck beam is awaiting tufnol inserts and the mast gate has been widened out to take a Superspars M2 mast, it was previously a snug fit for a Sleeved C.

More to follow in due course.

Ian Barnett

The magic ingredient that is designed into all the Super Spars mast tubes is the magnesium content. It gives controlled bend and recovery response for differing weight of crew, wind strengths or gusty conditions, allowing the leech of the sail to be more positive.