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The Reconstruction of Kiko

from ship wreck to sail boat 

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Going in the water
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  My beautiful paint job is about to get wet.
Lifted of the ground
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Free of ground
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Finished Keel
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  Proud of it, so much work went into it and now it is all under water!
Kell with 50450
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  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.
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  This is what the keel looked like before any work.
Welding
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  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
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  Making additional weights for the keel.
Stern view
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  The story of the transom. This is the finished version.
This is how it was before
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