Seeing Neil 758's posts I thought I'd introduce the progress on 873.
This is one of the Rondar 4 boats and is currently in my workshop getting a full strip down and refresh.
The boat as it was on collection.
Making good progress, should be finished in the next few weeks.
Got the the decks as good as I can get them, the bleached out and green ply won't take anymore sanding as the veneer is very thin as it's been sanded down a few times in the past.
The rippled bulkhead was due to the hatch hole being cut in the wrong place when it was built - the builders glued the piece of ply back in and stuck a new veneer in place before cutting the hatch hole in the right place. Over the years the glue on this had failed causing it to ripple and split - hence the new veneer on the bulkhead - looks a better colour in real life as the pic is taken under a strip light
Will stop varnishing now as I have fun bit to come - fitting it out using the collection of stuff bought of eBay and other sources. Made the decision to make this one cost neutral, so if I needed to buy something I sell something else on eBay to pay for it.
I'll be doing a few CVRDA events this year as the Phantom now qualifies for CVRDA events (providing they were built before 1985 and they are using Tin rigs).
Boat will be based at Roadford Lake in Devon.
