Lilian. New Rubbing Strakes.

This proved to be another of my too-busy-enjoying-the-work-to-photograph moments.

I made a pair of new rubbing strakes for Lilian of oak with an half egg shaped profile, scarfed just aft of midships. The scarfs were glued up on the bench, and the resulting eight metre lengths were steamed into place on the vessel in one big operation utilising the ‘boil in the bag’ method. You can see one of the finished rubbers in the big side view picture below, and also in one of my header pictures which shows a recent image of Lilian being lifted.