CAPABILITY - STRUCTURAL
Repairs & Refits
FROM STORM DAMAGE TO A FULL RECONFIGURATION OF THE INTERIOR
Repair the cause, then the damage. A boat put back together over an unsolved leak is a boat you will be paying for twice.
The principle
Most boats come to us with a symptom — a soft deck, a weeping seam, a section of paint that will not hold. The work begins by tracing that back to its cause, because the repair is only as good as the diagnosis behind it.
A refit is the same discipline at a larger scale. We set out the whole scope, put the structural items first, and stage the rest so the owner can spend across seasons without paying to open the same part of the boat twice.
Hull, deck, joinery and paint are all carried in house. Mechanical, electrical, rigging and trim trades are brought in and coordinated by the workshop, so the program holds together and there is one person to ask about it.
I. HOW A REFIT RUNS
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Inspection & Diagnosis
Scope, Cost & Sequence
Structural Repair
Deck, Coaming & Hardware
Finish, Relaunch & Handover
The vessel is hauled, washed and opened up where it matters: bilges, ends, deck edges, fastenings and any area of suspected water ingress. We identify the cause, not only the damage, so the same repair is not needed again in three seasons.
A written scope separating what is structural, what is cosmetic and what can safely wait, with indicative cost against each item. Refits are sequenced so no work is done twice and the boat is never opened further than the season allows.
Frame, floor and stringer renewal, keel and stem repairs, plank and garboard replacement, scarfed and sistered timber, refastening in silicon bronze or copper. Composite repairs laminated and faired where the hull calls for it.
Deck renewal and recaulking, coamings, hatches, toe rails and cabin sides, rebedded hardware, chainplates, rudder and steering repairs, and the drainage detail that keeps water out of the structure in the first place.
Fairing, priming, two-pack spray, varnish and antifoul, then relaunch, take-up and trials. The vessel is handed back with a photographic record and a recommended maintenance schedule.
INSPECTION TO HANDOVER
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Cabin sole, bulkheads, berths, galley and helm joinery rebuilt or reconfigured, with plumbing, tankage, electrical, mechanical and rigging trades coordinated by the workshop under one program.
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Interior & Systems
II. SCOPE OF WORK
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Damage & insurance work
Storm, grounding, collision and hardstand damage assessed and repaired, with reports and photographs prepared for surveyors and insurers.
Work broken into seasons or campaigns so a boat can keep sailing between them, with the structural items always taken first.
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Reconfiguration
Interiors reworked for how the boat is actually used: new layouts, berths, galley and helm positions, drawn to respect the original design intent.
WHAT WE TAKE ON
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Staged refits
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Systems renewal
Repower, tankage, plumbing, electrical and rigging renewal coordinated with allied trades and integrated into the joinery rather than bolted over it.
III. TYPICAL ITEMS
The work that comes through the shed most often.
PLANK & GARBOARD RENEWAL
TIMBER LAUNCHESAREFASTENING
FRAME, FLOOR & STRINGER REPAIR
DECK RENEWAL & RECAULKING
RUDDER & STEERING REPAIR
CHAINPLATES & HARDWARE REBEDDING
REPAIRS / RENEWALS
CABIN SOLE & BULKHEADS
REPAINT & REVARNISH
CYNINA — 1950 timber motor cruiser
A structurally restored hull taken through a full fitout: rebuilt galley, reconstructed helm with a custom pilot seat, drinks cabinet, new mast, internal painting and a repaint at Redland City Marina — a seventy-five year old cruiser returned to working order without losing her character.
IV. A REFIT IN PRACTICE
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