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The Reconstruction of Kiko
from ship wreck to sail boat
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Going in the water
My beautiful paint job is about to get wet.
Lifted of the ground
Free of ground
Finished Keel
Proud of it, so much work went into it and now it is all under water!
Kell with 50450
This is keel with 50450(orange undercoat for steel). There is no lead at this stage. Red patches is bog, resin mixed with microbaloons.
Original keel.
This is what the keel looked like before any work.
Welding
It took me good 6 hours to make 4m of weld. Graham, the guy That is building a big steel boat(46 ft), lended me his welder for the job.
Pouring Lead
Making additional weights for the keel.
Stern view
The story of the transom. This is the finished version.
This is how it was before
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