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Brigand is a British built Space 56 design catamaran, she was involved in a collision with a huge commercial tug and suffered extensive damage and came to HMS Ipswich to be repaired. Due to the extent of the damage she had to be very carefully lifted out of the water, this was a challenge as once ashore it was too risky to attempt to move her again so we built the workshop up around her. The hull had extensive cracking to the gel coat and weave and needed repairs to the hull core. Progress is now well on the way.
February 27th Update 2021:
With the Bimini installed and the final fittings going back on it was time to take the temporary shelter down which has been Brigand’s home for the last year. She will soon be launched back into the water. Moose our boatbuilder loved the bosuns chair experience!
Update: October 2020
With the hull painting complete and the polishing almost complete the next stage is for the deck fittings to be put back on including; toe rails, stanchions and guardrails and the bespoke Bimini, then the decks will be painted with the Kiwi non slip paint. She is coming on nicely and we are preparing to launch her early 2021.
Update : September 2020
While the hull repairs and painting preparations have been going on we have been busy fabricating a new fixed Bimini to go over the cockpit, 14ft wide and 7ft long this curved structure will be strong enough to stand on while stowing the mainsail, it will also have windows cut out for visibility for steering and handling and will house the solar panels and lights. The process began with Mike making a Forma with a shinny finish to act as mould, he then laid up gelcoat and fibreglass then a layer of honeycomb 28mm thick. Then we laminated a foam radius edge and then applied the second layer of honeycomb followed by more fibre glass and gelcoat.
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