Casting the keel

Whilst the timber was being milled, Tim Start nipped off and purchased 2.25 tons of scrap lead which was then delivered. The following day we loaded this into a fabricated steel mould and lit a fire underneath. Slowly we melted just over 2 tons into the shape of the boats ballast keel. Hot and heavy work, but a satisfying result!

Cubbage wood - timber milling

What an exciting day! Martyn Jones came down from Oswestry with his brand new Serra Bavaria sawmill. A totally amazing piece of kit and Martyn and his wife are very much a 'can do' team. We managed to mill all the timber we had felled in one long day. Our hopes that the trees we picked would be good were born out with some of the nicest oak I've ever seen.

Cubbage transom

I got the transom for our 25' ocean cruiser cut out from nice air dried oak. The rest of the timber will be milled soon.