Richard Allen, Author at A boat called Wanda

Building an integral fuel tank

September 27, 2019 by Richard Allen Leave a Comment

This is work in progress, mainly to be able to link to this document I received for epoxy works. … [Read more...]

Structural GRP repairs complete!

March 11, 2018 by Richard Allen 4 Comments

Finally, GRP repairs complete! Well finally after about 80+ hours of hard slog I can now say that I have completed one part of Wanda's restoration. The internal structural repairs to the shell have been completed; that part of Wanda's damage has been dealt with and restored with great care and … [Read more...]

things are moving in the right direction

January 25, 2018 by Richard Allen Leave a Comment

Grinding GRP Well it's been a busy month but I'm pleased to say significant progress has been made. I had a visit to Australia for a few weeks, but since being back I have been able to put in 40+ hours a week. Most of this time has been spent grinding GRP; that is working on the interior shell to … [Read more...]

Time to catch up

January 3, 2018 by Richard Allen 2 Comments

My excuses... Wow, it has been such a long time since my last post. I have been considering what to do with the blog for a while. It's probably no surprise that I have found I get more people watching the you tube videos I post than people reading this blog. In fact it's probably only my Mum … [Read more...]

Grit Blasting the hull

November 27, 2017 by Richard Allen Leave a Comment

Grit Blasting I have been away for a few weeks to take care of a few things and attend a good friends wedding in Phuket. In the time I have been away the grit blasting company was able to work on Wanda. I was disappointed to have been away when it was done - I imagine it to have been a noisy affair … [Read more...]