Roberts 345

These photos show some important stages of building a steel yacht.
 These are all of a R345 being built by Greg in Newcastle.
This series of photographs are spread over three pages with more to follow soon.
To view any page please click on the page number on the links at the bottom.
These fine photos have been brought to you curtesy of Greg in Newcastle.

Page 1 Making the Hull.
Page 2 Plated hull plus Transporting 
Page 3 Blasted and painted hull 
Page 4 Blasted and painted Interior

  Page 1 : Making, erecting frames and tacking on plates.

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Strongback set up and level

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Frames erected

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Setting in the chine bars.


Making the ply template from which the steel plates will be marked.

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Hull plating almost completed


Bottom rudder bearing details.

 

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