In her element!

Helen B resides at Carsington Water on her trailer, we occasionally allow her a little freedom.

Swabbing the decks!!

Keith checking my paintwork!

Topcoat.

Topcoats on both the deck and topsides.

Painting.

I used Jotun boat paint. This is the undercoat or should I say third coat of!

Rebuilding the external.

The old bilge keels were replaced with new ones and glassed onto the hull.

Rebuilding the internals.

Unfortunately I did'nt take any photos during the reconstruction but this is the nearly finished article.

Before the reconstruction.

This was as she was bought and on her original trailer.

External metalwork

External metalwork was not much better than the internal stuff!

Removing the rot.

All the internal woodwork was removed along with a few bits of steel.

In the beginning

Most of the internal woodwork was rotten, along with some of the metalwork!