Daily Archives: September 1, 2008

Pouring of the lead ballast.

‘Waratah’ needs 4000 kg of lead ballast in the keel. It was quite difficult to get such an amount, because most of the scrap dealers around Welkom have long term delivery contracts with India and China. Well, Wynand did it, … Continue reading

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Fairing of the hull.

It’s been a while till I had the time, and internet access to post an update again. Well here it is. Wynand did an excellent job in fairing the hull. It’s not easy, and time consuming, but the result when … Continue reading

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