SHETLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Well done - great job - I had the same issue on my Shetland 69 and tackled the job in the same way but from the inside.

Forgot to say I took and angle grinder to the original redicolous pulpit and fabricated a smaller one a bit better proportioned.

Well the Shetland aka 'Watery Pig' is 98% complete and is back in the water.

6 months work to complete the restoration which included making good a very leaky keel, rotten internal fixtures, shabby paint, damaged windows, worn out canopy and almost write off outboard.

Has now new paint job ...

Sorry for late reply - yes the steel bar is now encased in sealer to allow for a bit of rust expansion and then fibreglass and lots of resin to make good the hull.

After a number of weekends at the Boat Club, I now have a much better boat - not finished yet but good progress.

Well, the keel was damaged and I found three holes and badly patched both on the outside and inside so would have probably sunk very quickly :o

I decided to attack the problem from the ...

LOL - yes, it is a ridiculous pulpit. I have now removed it and the boat looks much better already:)

Yes it does have the 114 Mile End Road - so nice bit of history. Am glad you say these are well built, it does seem a very solid boat but has been a bit abused with poor quality DIY and generally neglected so needs plenty of work.

I have stripped out virtually everything that will unscrew to have ...

Up to now I have restored a few classic cars and a couple of campervans however, I know very little about boating but have a yearning to get onto the canal network and after some research come to the conclusion these little boats have a good reputation and are relatively easy to restore, maintain ...

Didn't realise had to pay £5 to join and get additional rights - all working now - thanks

I have recently jointed the forum and my account has been approved but I am not able to view any file attachments - "You do not have required permissions". I messaged the admins but no reply - anyone help me please?