Resurrecting a Mirror Dinghy

After refitting all the fittings, and giving the spars a couple of coats of varnish, we were ready for the big day. It was a bright and sunny day with little wind so off we went.

With all the repairs complete on underside of the hull it was time to flip St Jim over and see what needed doing on the inside.

With all the panels glued in place it was time to start filling the edges to blend them in.

The next step was to patch up all the holes I had cut in the hull to remove the damaged sections.

With the bulkhead and snub nose rebuilt it was time to put the lower panels back in place.

Once all the damage was cut away new panels had to be fabricated to begin the rebuild process.

The first action was to cut all the damaged area out so as to give the repairs sound material to attach to.

Once home I was able to take a closer look at what damage existed. This was going to be a big project but what the hell, lets take on the challenge.

While browsing ebay just to see what was out there, I spied a Mirror dinghy that was going pretty cheap and needed TLC. Having sailed dinghys as a teenager and building the odd plywood boat I thought this might be an interesting little project. I arranged to drive to the other side of Melbourne to have a look.

This blog is about the restoration of a severely damaged mirror dinghy. Follow my journey and enjoy.