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Pictures from 24th of April
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 Robbie planes a haddibaand to its finished size of 75mm x 60mm. |
 Jack marking offcuts from the boards to be used to make the tilfers. |
Pictures from 25th of April
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 Holding the larch boards for the first tilfer. |
 Punching down the countersunk copper nails. |
 Bevelling the underside to match the angle of the sixareen's boards. |
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 Checking the fit of the tilfer. |
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Pictures from 28th of April
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 Checking the height of the forward end below the gunwale before nailing. |
 Second section of tilfer tried in place. |
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 Jack measures for the third tilfer section while Robbie prepares to nail the second wearin. |
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Pictures from 29th of April
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 Robbie fits a cross baand to which the lower ends of the fiskabrods will be attached. |
 Trial fit for the ballast room tilfer. |
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Pictures from 30th of April
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 Nailing reinforcing bar for the bulkhead. |
 A narrow taft is fitted above the bulkhead. |
Pictures from 1st of May
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 Jack making the awkwardly shaped tilfer for the forehead room. |
 The underside of this tilfer is grooved for the board edges and notched to clear the copper roves. |
 The completed tilfer in position. |
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 The fiskabrods prevent the catch from sliding along the inside of the sixareen. |
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Pictures from 2nd of May
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 The aft compartment, called the kannie (or hurrik), from where the skipper helmed the sixareen. |
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 The rudder of the 117 year old sixareen 'Industry' is held up for comparison. |
 Looking to the bow from the after stem, only tafts and kabes still to be fitted. |
Pictures from 23rd of May
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 Rimwales and rouths fitted, horns trimmed to final height and several coats of tar and oil applied. |
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 Jack eyes up the blank from which the rudder will be made. |
 Boat historian Leslie Moncrieff, a man with an amazing knowledge of Shetland boats, views the sixareen. |
 Two of the treated tilfers set up to dry. |
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 The stem, just cut off to its final height. |
 Jack applying the finishing touches. |
 The finished stem head (or Horn). |
Pictures from 30th of May
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 The hull glistens with a liberal coat of the tar and oil mix. |
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