fixing the bow of a mirror dinghy

inside bow locker finished

As promised some more pictures of the bow locker repairs. please note that the runs in this picture are from the origonal work not mine!! You can see the stringer that will support the fore deck and into which I will screw fix the deck. I gave the stringer a liberal coat of west system resin before fitting the deck to act as a glue.

underside of bow deck

the supports under the fore decks  were the originals re used

fore deck fitted prior to fixing

I fixed the deck with stainless steel screws aw 150mm centres to the stringer . These screws will be hidden with the fibreglass tape.

 

fixing the bow of a mirror dinghy

I have replaced the backing for the bow which holds the forward chain plate. I glued this into place with waterproof glue and screwed it with brass screws through the bow plate.  The next step is painting

I re used all of the forward deck support timbers , simply to save on the effort of copying them. These were screwed and glued into place prior to painting the inner lockers.

the bow lockers. I am using International paints starting with precoat (3 coats) and then finishing with International gloss

Always use the best paint available.

I find that the International range of paints are very good, they give good coverage and a high level of opacity per coat. Don’t try to save money on cheap non marine paints it really is not worth it. This is particularly true when painting inside lockers where future maintenance will be troublesome.