It takes a lot of time, steel, cutting, bending, welding, grinding and money to overplate a boat.
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| First, we had to weld a new protruding strip onto the edge of the base plate. |
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| The new plate then sits on the new strip, leaving enough protruding to act as a rubbing strip. |
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| Bending the steel plate in three directions is a challenge when you have no access to rollers, heat etc. Bruce used dogs welded on and then metal wedges to force the steel into shape. |
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| When the clocks changed we had to get creative and some of the welding needed to be done by floodlight. |
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| Glenda dug out her overalls and pitched in to rub the mill scale down a bit. |
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| "Put that phone down and grab a brush!" |
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| The plate was bent around the swim by welding an eye onto an adjacent container, then attaching a block and tackle to it and then to the dog that's been welded to the swim panel. |
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