CVRDA

neil wrote:make sure you have plenty of hammers, and a small plane.

Interesting pic, probably a stupid question, but what's the thing in the middle between the hammers?

PeterV wrote:. I always end up thinking the doing was a lot easier than the worrying about it beforehand.

Thanks good advice
As I have a young family I get very little time to do the doing bit, but seem to have a lot of time to do the worrying part!

For me I think it's a confidence thing. I been around boats long enough to know that it's far too easy to cause a lot of damage with a power tool in the wrong hands With a jigsaw I could mess up a lot, with a dremmel it would be a lot less. I already have the garage, although I have a lino floor not...

Thanks for the responses
Ashamed to admit I've had to Google a few of them to find out what they are
Off to screw fix to price it all up....

Well before I posted I did a search on this site for the word dremel and tons of thread s came up so I thought everyone on here must use them

Thanks for your replys, I kinda knew you would all suggest option 1. My fiberglass skills are ok, but my woodwork skills are non existent so I'm just lacking the confidence to do it the 'right' way I found what appears to be a good guide on replacing sections of ply on the West System epoxy web site...

Hello More Newbie questions I am afraid.. As the list of jobs to do on Citrene grows ever longer I have decided to invest in some decent tools first up is a dermal, which model works best on dinghy jobs? Second is a heat gun And then I am open to advice in what tools are essential/ worth investing i...

Hello Another newbie question about my Pegasus I found rot around the Port bailer. So today i removed the fitting to see how much wood was gone. A lot of the wood long the inboard and aft edge crumbled away meaning there isn’t much left to refit it to. Which has got me questioning the best way to re...

To give you guys a better idea I have set up a Flickr account for Citrene https://www.flickr.com/photos/129843684@N07/with/16478587988/ Lots of better pics there. Ones taken with a real camera not a phone Basically where ever i have seen epoxy lifting i have poked under it with screw driver and in m...

Thanks for the quick responces

PS Not sure how this has made it into announcements!
Hope a mod can move

Here is a pic

This evening I discovered a patch of rot on Citrene, (Pegasus 48) I kinda expected it when I bought her, but as a wooden boat newbie I wanna know what's the right way to fix it. The inside of her has been coated in epoxy, some of which was flaking off around the base of the centre board case. So I s...

As suggested I have been looking at the old pic s, and there are several pics of Citrene with centre main, which is how I will go forward. Thank for the rake info, it's nice to have idea of what I am aiming for.

Thanks for that help
That explains why the rig was so loose, will have to wait for a warm sunny day and I will rig her again

SO here come my questions, Many many thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to answer any of these newbie questions. First achievement of the day was getting the mast up. Whats the best way to get perfect rig tension? Is the there meant to be anything securing the mast into the mast foot? Or do ...