Open Day 29th March - See how Thalatta's major refit is progressing! We are scheduled to be back on the water in 2009 with your generous continued help and support.

Newsletter - Winter 2007 - Page 1

Greetings from Sailing Barge Thalatta

Hello, Thank you for supporting my restoration.

I thought you might like to know what I have been up to since you helped to raise so much money for me at the start of this important Project.

Well, as you know, at first it was intended to just replace my outer planking and the worst of my frames.
Unfortunately it soon became apparent that most of these frames were rotted beyond repair and Andy and the boys at the St. Osyth Boatyard had more to do than was first thought !
In fact it as found that only my “floors”, that is the bottom cross pieces of my frames were useable.

The straight oak for my frames was easily found but the special shapes required for the curved frames was more difficult to obtain. The grain of the wood must follow the shape not cut across it if the timber is to be strong enough for the job.