Restoring old pond yachts

A guide to the techniques required to bring old wooden boats back to sailing condition. It draws on experience of a modeller active since the 1920’s and two of the most experienced restorers in recent history.

Sections include the following:

• Getting paint off
• Glues, stopping and fillings
• Old materials you may encounter
• Repairs to bread and butter hulls
• Keels
• Planked boats
• Masts
• Fittings
• Decks and varnished hulls
• Decks
• Cutting the waterline
• Brushes