Jim Tovey New Works & Restorations
Contact Details: Jim Tovey New Works and Restorations Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Landline: O1733 380617 Mobile: 07896 062961 email: info@jimtovey.com
Offering specialist knowledge of Timberwork and Carpentry, Traditional Boatbuilding Techniques as well as Modern Construction Methods, Glues, Sealants, Professional Paint Finishes, Varnishes and Coatings, Artworks and Lettering...
Including: GRP / FRP repairs, wooden sparmaking, bespoke laminate or steam-bent pieces, fitouts, as well as structural timberworks to buildings, insulation and flooring; complete paint and trim finishings, bespoke moldings, to painting and decorations.
Jim Tovey New Works and Restorations joins up with specialist industry partners to realise your projects completion to the highest standards.
Starshine:
A 32ft GRP McWester ketch from the 1970's. Her heavy layup meant impact damage was limited to the outer layers of GRP. The gelcoat and damaged polyester areas were ground away from the starboard side and replaced with new laminates and 4 layers of colour matched and blended, polished gelcoat.
A substantial structural knee fabricated in galvanised steel was created from scratch and installed in the bow to reinforce the bow-deck area underneath the forestay and bowroller fitting, which was itself regalvanised. New bolts were fitted and the bow deck area given additional GRP layup bonding to the hull inside the chain locker. Cosmetic gelcoat repairs were made to hull and deck and a new band fitted to the front of the stem. Sections of bulkhead and locker were rebonded to the hull interior using an epoxy and glass cloth system for additional strength.
Sienna:
A good example of the first Laurent Giles production boat, built by Saro Gloster Angelsea in the early 1960's. This 21ft Scimitar dayboat was given an interior repaint and refit, the deck fittings and structure checked. Gelcoat repairs made to the deck in epoxy. Collision damage to the toe rails midships was ground out and remade in epoxy-glass and gelcoated.
Additional work this season has seen the fabrication of aluminium deck-to-hull chain plates to pre-empt damage to the GRP layup. The original system saw the shrouds bolted through to an aluminium plate running the underside of the deck. Stress cracking to the gelcoat was evident both sides where the deck meets the toe rail; although not thought to be an immediate problem, it was an indication of the possible risk of a failure in the future, particularly with the boat being used often and in a wide range of weather conditions. The new chainplates spread the loading away from the toe rails downwards to the hull.
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