CLASSIC SIX METRE NEWSLETTER

Sam Rowse and I have commissioned a complete re-build of Jill, only keeping her lead keel.
Olin (Stephens) is in the loop and making sure we get everything right.
Work started on 20th August 2007 and Rockport Marine is running ahead of schedule. I am
trying to think of a good Spring launch day - maybe a day important in Jill's history
(Editor’s note: the Jill re-build project has set a new standard for Six Metre “visible
construction”. Never has a Six Metre restoration/re-build project provided such a complete
set of step-by-step publicly available photographs. In the absence of an ISMA-mandated
construction survey service such as Lloyds and Veritas performed previously, Jill’s “visible
construction” approach is probably the best solution for providing a guarantee to the Six
Metre community that her re-build has faithfully used traditional materials and construction
techniques.
Martha Coolidge’s Web site is web.mac.com/marthafaycoolidge/iWeb/Site/Jill.html and
Rockport Marine’s www.rockportmarine.com. The photographs have been circulated on a
monthly basis by Matt Cockburn (matt6mr56@comcast.net).)
31. L 42 Leila (W. Fife, 1912), by Mike Dalglish (U.K.)
Leila is just starting her refit now and it is going to be a lot more extensive than what we first
thought. We found quite a lot of rot in her, stem and sternpost mainly.
It will be a few years before she graces these fine Scottish waters again, hopefully in time for
her centennial, 2012.
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