Our work

The brief. Helen and Jeff wanted the inside of the boat to flow out to the deck and back again, and a new name to match the new boat.

The work. We stripped the saloon and reclaimed half the downstairs second bathroom to fit a washing machine and extend the galley above it. New lounge and seating brought the cook into the conversation. We laid a cork deck out the back for a softer feel and extended the flybridge hardtop for shade. The whole fit-out was designed and built on site in our shed. Last of all, we changed the name to Maria.

The job. Two rogue waves came over the bow leaving Rottnest Bay and went through the front windscreen, flooding the fit-out, engine room and electrics. The fallen glass wrecked the interior.

The work. Straight in for the insurance repair. We removed the ruined fit-out, carpets, engines and electrics. The engines got a complete overhaul and a dyno tune, good as new. We replaced the shattered glass screen with a durable moulded fibreglass front, just in case it happens again.

The job. Damaged in a fire at the Fremantle Sailing Club.

The work. We sandblasted the hull and cabin back to fibreglass, repaired the delamination between foam and fibreglass, then laid two layers of fibreglass mat with Vinylester resin for water resistance. Three coats of Awlgrip high-build primer, then filling and fairing with a two-man board. We rebuilt the interior and flybridge with new seating and electrics, designed and installed a social table and a new swim board, and added a new fibreglass canopy for permanent shade. Back on the water and looking new.