Amazing weekend last weekend abord the historic sailing fishing ship Excelsior. Special thanks to my comrade jazzy for the insperation to go
#oldgaffers #tradionalsailingboat #sailing #excelsiortrust
Splicing some of #englishbraids dynastay. Using it in place of regular stainless rigging wire to make shrouds for a small gaff rigged boat. With soft eyes larkhead into shakles for top end and these lovely cast stainless thimbals for hard eyes at the lower end #yachtrigging #yachtrigger #rope #dyneema #dyneemarope #gaffrig #gaffrigged #standingrigging
It's Saturday morning and laying out some fishing boat handrails to weld up. And really happy with my new #esabsentinel welding helmet it's amazing
#tigstainlesssteel #tigwelding #marineengineering #safetyatsea #esab #fabrication
A selection of stainless steel odd jobs from the last month #tigwelding #stainlessfabrication #stainlesssteel #marineengineering #tigstainlesssteel #tubebending
Splicing new Genoa/main sheet track control lines for a Westerly Konsort with double braid polyester rope from English Braids #yachtrigging #sailing #rigginglife #rope #splicing #englishbraids #westerlyyachts #westerlykonsort
New selden mainsheet, track and control system on a #sadler25 Used the specialised high beam track to span the unsupported cockpit section. With new wichard main sheet blocks and englishbraids, braid on braid for mainsheet and control lines. Track supplied by #technicalmarinesupplies
#yachtrigging #sailing #boatyard #rigginglife #yachts
Views aloft of Lake Loathing In Lowestoft, performing a Rigging check and changing out mast head bulbs #sailing⛵️ #yachtrigging #mastclimber #lowestoft