CLASSIC SIX METRE NEWSLETTER

27. D 48 Hakahala (K. Reimers, 1935), by Jan Mateboer Celsus (The Netherlands)
Hakahala’s re-build continues to progress. We are now working on the deck.
We first dried the plywood with a hot air
blower, then we finished it with 2 layers
epoxy. We are now busy gluing the small teak
strips to the deck. It will look lovely when
Hakahala is at the dock!
She has to be ready for the Dutch
championship in May.
28. GBR 3 Houri (A. E. Payne, 1911), by David Seer (U.K.)
Houri is currently at the Aldeburgh Boat Yard in Suffolk, in the capable hands of Peter
Wilson and his highly skilled team. She has been there for something approaching two years.
In that time, the remains of her deck have been removed, together with the rudder, ballast,
deadwoods, and all of the internal steelwork. The aft end of the keelson has been removed,
for about a third of its length, and a brand new section has been grafted on to the original.
The lower end of the stem, and its joint with the keelson, has been substantially reinforced
with new timber. Both garboards have been replaced, together with all of her frames, and she
has been completely re-fastened.
When I bought her, she had a retrousee transom, and had apparently been shortened by about
a foot. So in the complete absence of any original drawings, we used the earliest available
photographs from Beken of Cowes to restore her counter and transom to as close to original
as possible. Her overall length is now somewhere in the region of 30' 6", which from what I
know of her, is about right. In addition to all new laminated floors and two ring frames, she
has also been given new beam shelves. Then, before she was put back outside for the season,
the remainder of her original caulking was removed, and replaced.
She was brought back inside during October, shortly after which I, together with a skilled
gentlemen, a laser and a lap-top, paid her a visit and set about the task of scanning her and
creating a 3D model of her - all in the name of engineering, and hopefully improving her
performance ! I'm hoping that there will be an article about the operation in Classic Boat in
the near future.
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