After much contemplation, the old neglected MV Crear arrived in the drydock.
The Crear was purchased a long time ago an impulsive buy over fleabay, its a damm shame the nick this boat was in. Someone tried to dollop cream paint on white and pass it off as restored....
The decks are flimsy and bent and leaks like a sive, the fittings are loose and the wheelhouse would literaly cave in in your hands.
I carried on with the sale, having driven so far and maybe mistakenly assumed it was very rare. Its a strange verging on ugly vessel, but there is something really interesting about it.
During research the opportunity to purchase an untouched kit came my way....so the plan was always to strip this beaten up old thing and revamp it into her modern incarnation the Kystbunker.
The Kystbunker was lengthened and given a bulbous bow, exactly the same route the old Crear shall be going, i will be building a new crear at the same time.
Phase 1 complete the strip out, salvage anything worth keeping, tons of cheap squidgy epoxy and silicone in the bowels, i cant complain really as it came off really easy.