A1 Atalanta
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| CLASS | Atalanta |
| BUILT | July 1955 |
| HULL No. | 1 |
| Condition | Storing |
| Location | Cowes |
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A1 A happy owner walks around Atalanta in the sunlight for the first time in 18 months.
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A1 Gone!
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A1 Blocking on the trailer to bring Atlanta out for final positioning.
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A1 Trailer in position ready for lowering of Atalanta
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A1 Aft and forward beams are raised with a person on each jack. the boat sits level and ready for the trailer to be wheeled into position.
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A1 View of the workshop with the plans on the door.
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A1 Jacks and beams in position. One beam aft, one forward. Each with a jack on each end.
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A1 A1 at rest in the shed where she has been for 18 months receiving new keel boxes, skin grafts and hole repairs.
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A1 6.1 Fore hatch showing wasted coamings, the largely rotten circular top and the old hinge block
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A1 6.2 Fore hatch showing refurbished coamings, new top and new hinge block to be glued in place
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A1 5.1 Trailer (ex ‘Kotora’) before the “interesting trip” home (photo Ian Pollard)
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A1 5.2 Refurbished trailer
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A1 A1 at rest in the shed where she has been for 18 months receiving new keel boxes, skin grafts and hole repairs.
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A1 3.1 Looking forward from the engine space, through the main transverse bulkhead (note rotten step), into the for’d cabin – the badly rusted and corroded metalwork for the old keel support brackets revealed from where it was hidden in the ‘hollow’ bulkhe
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A1 3.2 Inside for’d cabin – old mild steel keel support bracket
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A1 3.3 Inside the boat on the port side – holes prepared in the transverse bulkhead and the inboard keel bow panel – to accept the three dimensional stainless steel keel support bracket
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A1 3.6 New keel plates and clamping bolts in stainless to Mike’s own design. These are more inline with production boats than the originals.
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A1 3.7 Port side keel bolts and clamps
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A1 4.1 Hull starboard side for’d – first veneer in place
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A1 4.2 Hull starboard side for’d – repaired veneers faired off
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A1 4.3 Hull port quarter – second layer of veneer in place
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A1 4.4 Hull port side – preparation for veneer repair iwo main shroud plate
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A1 4.6 Hull painting three coats of gloss
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A1 4.7 Bottom of hull starboard side iwo keel box showing the small areas where damage had gone right through and also the covering battens along the keel boxes
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A1 4.8 Veneering tools and equipment
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A1 4.5 Hull painting – three coats of undercoat
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A1 1.6 A1 being transferred onto her ‘transfer’ trailer at Point Clear. Rubbing strake (or lack of it) and hull damage and rot at starboard bow clearly visible
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A1 1.5 Recovering A1 from her home of about 25 years at Point Clear
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A1 2.4 Initial investigation – the holes on the deck next to the transom
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A1 2016 10 A1s New Home for rebuild 1
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A1 2016 11 A1 in her new shed for restoration 1
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A1 2016 11 A1 in her new shed for restoration 2
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A1 2.1 The boatshed with in a shed
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A1 2.2 Inside the boatshed
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A1 2.3 Initial investigation showing partially stripped back damaged area on starboard bow
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A1 1.4 As seen at Point Clear – the cockpit area in need of a bit of TLC
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A1 1.3 As seen at Point Clear – fore deck
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A1 1.2 As seen at Point Clear – the aft deck to transom joint on the port side
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A1 1.1 As seen at Point Clear – pushpit not original and has been removed
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A1, A48, Sujanwiz AOA Bulletin 2005-06 cover
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A1 AOA Bulletin 1990-91 cover
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A1, A136 “Atalanta” (on left) after having been dismasted by A136 “Amsara” during East Coast Race 1987
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A1 A1 Painting by Deryck Foster
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A1 “Atalanta” possibly about 1976 – certainly before dismasting – original cotton mainsail
