when the student is ready the teacher arives. sile a do sails under the watchful eye of peel castle

in light airs sile is perfectly balanced and moves well thanks to the experts who helped me rebuild her

peel castle and sile a do sail together thanks for the pics graham

high island

glandore to baltimore sile a do with peel castle

Sea Trials

The first test of Sile a do, Sailing around Cape Clear Island. Sile passes with flying colours

Various Things

I'm not sure what these parts are called, but lots of extra bits, and a windlass.

Building the interior

Celebrating getting the engine going

SAILS!!

Its been a month since I updated the blog, But its great to see how much its coming along. The engine is now running, and the sails are up!

The sailmaker kindly added a little suprise gift too, a storm Jib.
Leo is hoping to take part in the Glandore boat festival, good luck Leo!

Rigging and Painting

Leo painting himself into a corner, not quite.
Lots of rigging up.

Splicing Lesson

Getting pointers from the pro's

Flash Back

These Photos were taken previously but not posted. But there are some nice shots, So I thought I would add them.

Engine Starter Geki-Teki Before After!


The Birds Eye View, When Leo was up in the harness he snapped this shot.

Installing the Fuel tank cap