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Nimbus is a 1958 Nordic Folkboat that is currently being restored. Her rigging was taken down and was transported to the shop on November 21. . Brief History:Built: Horsens, Denmark 1958 Hull: lapstrake Honduran Mahogany on Oak Owned Commidore Peter Townsend and sailed as part of Royal Victoria Yacht Club and boat modified into family folkboat in the late sixties Donated to Victoria sailing association and purchased by myself. List of problems:rotten transom, 8 rotten frames, rotten floor timbers, corroded prop, and engine mounts, rotten decks and cockpit, starboard cabin rotted. In total 36 items of concern on the survey. The Project:My goal is to bring a dead boat back, one that is of a proven design and a size I can handle, one that is within a time and budget I can handle. The folkboat is a perfect candidate. She is very tired and I want to bring back this boat for the local wooden boat fleet to nurture. Nimbus will hopefully sail back to the bay I bought her as a testament to local history and maritime culture! I will gut the boat, , systematically removing everything inside the boat . The decks and cabin with be striped and rebuilt, and all rotten wood will be gotten. She will then be remodeled based on the plans . I will keep the long cabin but carry the original lines. This is a major rebuild. let get to it!
Welcome to my shop. The little boat job is done, nice new cedar deck and behind me is what lays head. Six weeks into the job and it just keeps getting better. First, the decks came off and then the cabin and cockpit and I was able to see, for the first time, the rot damage. I think we caught her just in time. Damage is limited to the aft end and around the chain plates. I found that the port side had the most damage. Fresh water caused rot in the sheer clamp, sheer plank, deck beams and knees and the sawn frames. All this has now been removed and replaced using Black Locust ( it is stronger and more rot-resistance than white oak). For the sheer clamp I scarfed in Douglas fir. All fastenings are replaced
New 3/8 mahogany ply deck with 4 layers of west system resin on 6oz cloth and copper ring nail fastened to new fir deck beams. New Carlins are single pieces of African mahogany. The interior is also gutted and new black locust sawn frames added then the bilge and inner planking is sanded for oil and such . After the decks are faired, the cabin and cockpit were mocked up.
A few months later I have the final cabin sides installed of single pieces of Honduran mahogany. Topsides are faired and painted.
New cockpit is fitted, cabin top beams are laminated old growth fir. The shaft is pulled and engine gets new mounts and new stern shaft. New deadwood section as well as the lowest transom plank. The plank ends are also re-fastened.
New everything!. ....old wooden boat now has a new lease on life, everything fitted properly from the ground up. From new streamed frames in the transom, new floor timbers of locust and now the finishing things are begun with n the knowledge that everything that could be done was done. New lodging knees, hanging knees, custom port lights fabricated for the low profile cabin
This has been a year now and will just a little more time, Nimbus will sail again in style.
Special thanks to Barefoot boat boys who have worked with me all the way, sharing tools and advice and their space. Our fleet just keeps growing! Very Special thanks to Katie for her support and much appreciated finishing work as well as her patience and enduring love. Thanks to The Silva Bay Shipyard School for encouragement and advice and for promoting young graduates like myself to continue this path. Also thank you to the ocean , and the wind that moves me and keeps my inspirations high More to come Next month with Hatches, companionway, rails and cockpit installation, systems, electrical....stay posted!!
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