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Diary

15^th Ocotober 2003 – I received a reply from Shorty today. He enclosed 6 photo's of the 13ft 4in craft which were very similar to mine. A little more searching showed that this craft was now described at http://sailing.gq.nu/KUIAMA.htm . Another email from Shorty confirmed the designers to be A. Reedman & T. McCullen and the manufacturer to be Juxtamare Marine Ltd with a build date of 1973. This ties up very nicely with the age of my boat, although the manufacturer details that I had were more vague (but at least from the same side of the island ;) )

13^th October 2003 – Tried to find some history on the boat. There seems little on the web, except that http://www.shortypen.com/boats/pocket showed a 13ft 4in Voyager, but unfortuntely the link from this was dead. Nethertheless, I emailed Shorty with the details that I had hoping that he would know more.

10^th October 2003 – The teak hand and side rails have been removed from one side. The wood is in generally good condition and only needed a quick sand and varnish to look like new. It may well be some time before these go back on though :(

9^th Ocotober 2003 – It's a little cold in the UK for fiberglassing at the moment. So far, three attempts at reparing the stern have failed. I'm using Epoxy resin for the first time, which could be part of the problem. I found by fully wetting the glass first and then apply in position was the most successful way to laminate.

8^th October 2003 – My wife and mother bought me a joint Birthday present today; is it the boat that I have seen many times (and always dreamt of owning) whilst dropping my daughter off to school. She (the boat!) always looked a little tired, yet never seemed to move. She has some slight damage at the stern. One repair was starting to come undone as a wooden filler used between two sheets of fiberglass was soaked and expanded to a degree where the fiberglass was forced to split. The offending glass and wood was quickly removed ready for new fiberglass to be applied.