MEERKAT ....... the birth!

Chriss wrote :- "well wednesday the 12th 09 we took the boat over to jontys so we can work on her in the dry in his garage."

Are you sure it wasn't for those delicious sausage and bacon barms!!!!!!

There's certainly some work gone into her so far, she's going to look great when she hits the water.

Squiresoak

heres another one for you

now the floor is glassed in

Hi all what a read, so far so good and brilliant pictures too what can I say but congratulations too all of you you really doing a great job, looking really great
about the colour cherry and white would look better than blue Chris pitty you did not put a piccy on of Jonty covered in dust lol. Really good read and will look forward to more updates, very well done to all concerned

Regards
Clive

looking good chris dont forget i have six rod tubes ,a compasss and a fish box full of bits and.bobs stailess nuts and bolts etc you will visit it many times before your done,call in any time ,regards andy.

thank you andy star man nice to see you back on here

Just a couple of the trailer:

New mudguards (yet to be undersealed)
New winch strap (couldn't get pink )
New keel roller and s/s pin
All new U-bolts
Every roller removed, cleaned off (of paint/resin etc.) & polished, roller axles cleaned off and greased
New axle sprayed with zinc galv. paint
Lighting board cleaned and prepped for interchangeable number plates:




Just need the new jockey wheel ................... and a boat

looking good steve

hey stevei thats a cracking job well done looks brand new jonty

Good work Steve. I got the oppertunity yesterday, to view the work completed so far on Meerkat. Bearing in mind I saw her from the time she arrived in Lancashire, the transformation has been quite amazing. A bit of work to carry out inside the forward cuddy, but the donkey work is behind you for now. Everyone who has worked on her can be justifiably proud. The floor is like walking on concrete now, a big difference to just a few weeks ago! Chris picked up a big box of useful bits from Andy (scooby2) yesterday which will prove handy and save a lot of money. If the final paint finish matches the quality of the rest of the work she'll look and feel like a new boat. A big push now could see her ready for the Winter season.

thanks for the compliments tc nice to meet you and scobby the paint work will be up to scratch if its any thing to do with chris the time he spends on the rubbing down is well worth the wait if it makes a good finish jonty

well Andy (Welsh Wheels ) the only thing pink that will ever be on the boat is kaz (but Steve is trying to come out so you never know)
thank you every body for your kind words
the truth of it is when i decided to put the boat up for boat share the 1st 2 people i asked was jonty and Steve.
they did not Even have to think about it the answer was yes!!
and from that point on its gone from strength to strength and we have all done work that we are good at with help from the other 2 owners and more.
if you have friends like TC and Andy (scooby2) you will never go wrong (a big thank you guys)
my advice to any one putting a boat up for boat share is, its not about the money its about friendship so make sure to choose them wisely and know your Friends.

Well done Steve on the trailor and good piccys love the number plate cool

Regards
Clive

i have cleaned the old paint of for steve to come and fit the chain locker and storage cuboard then i can class that in ho! chriss please bring steering wheel over next time you come jonty

I swear to God that there will be something pink on that boat!

Kaz xxxxxx

working on the boat with steve today stevs fitted the chain locker and cuboard and another spar under the front deck its all ready to be glassed in now a job for me to moz allmost ready for painting now pics to follow jonty

look forward to seeing the pics

I agree Andy cant wait to see more pictures

Regards
Clive

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Just waiting for resin for the next stage Jonty

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This is one i made earlier
Jonty

Nice one Jonty your the man pmsl
and nice piccys by the way especially the latter

Regards
Clive

Photo of Me...erkat in Red Square!
.............Simples!

wijonty wrote:
This is one i made earlier
Jonty

Sir Francis Drake must have been chuffed to bits with your accomplishment Jonty

wijonty wrote:
This is one i made earlier
Jonty

hmmm i can well believe it jonty