Restoration of the 1955 teak railing is not a simple task. Most of the railing is cracked broken or rotted, but all can be restored one way or the other. The section shown below was by far the worst condition of any of the railing on the ship.
This section was broken in two and rotted at the same time. Really bad condition.
So I glued it back together and injected glue to all of the cracks and clamped it to dry.
Once together I still had the dry rot issue.
The wood in this area was soft as styrofoam.
So I chose to cut out the rotting area and see if I could splice a new section in.
The idea worked great. The spliced are will not be seen but looks great just the same.
With a little sanding and some oil and 4 hours work time we have part of our railing back. Maybe this railing will see another 10 or 20 years if treated right.
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Amazing job you have done already .Meanwhile Wappen von Hamburg 2 built in 1962 and Wappen von Hamburg 3 built in 1965 went both to scrap .Sad story because both were beauties as well .I myself have been serving on the third Wappen from 1986 until 2006 when she were set out of service to be converted to a mega yacht but this never happened .Wish you all the best with the project hope to have chance to pay you a visit in the future . What about engines and gear? Can offer to sail her as a captain or ChOff , all my licences are valid . Bestrgds Christian having been Master on No.3 for 17 years.
By: Christian G. on September 6, 2016
at 11:47 pm