chance_restoration1948

05/04/2026

Simon will be going down tomorrow morning to continue work in Chance's forecabin, so if you wish to pop round to see him working on the boat, you could have a cuppa and a chat about what he is doing on the boat.

15/02/2026

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.Now work on the project here at Walton on the Naze as stopped for the time being as the weather is against us to work and funds are low to continue working ...

31/12/2025

Wishing all our followers and supporters a happy New Year, After this weekend we hope to post some interesting videos and progress reports as we get to grips with the major projects such as the transom framework and the keel repairs which are going to be the focus of this winter's work in the month's ahead

23/05/2025

Long John Silver out on his travels around the country going to RNLI STATIONS

20/04/2025

Restoring Chance's main cabin starboard side locker fronts and two of her cabin and wheelhouse hatches back to their former glory

The first two photos are of the condition of the starboard side locker fronts were before they were removed from Chance's main cabin at the ...

13/04/2025

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In this video you can clearly see that there as been some major movement between the stem the forefoot and the keel at the bow of the boat. Over the years owners in the past have put more caulking and putty in the seams to stop any leaking and not looked at the curse of the problem. However, now we have the time and the people to work on solving the problem and getting to the root of the problem.We can find out the cause and fix the problem and put the parts back in the correct position and sort out the hood ends of the planks which are not fitting the stem correctly.

Also in the video Simon shows the amount of work he and his small team of friends and family have to overcome. Much of the work is being undertaken by Simon alone at the moment between his day job as a full time boat builder and family commitments. Also on limited funds it is taking time to get the money together to purchase materials.

These updates are of the restoration of Chance our James Silver Western Isles Motorsailer, now that we have Chance at Titchmarsh Marina in Walton on the Naze...

02/04/2025

Tricia from the chance restoration_1948 team with the new team member Long John Silver having a cuppa from the ex RNLI Helen Whycherley restoration project mug. We are looking forward to seeing Ducky Albert seeing Richard drinking out of the chance restoration_1948 mug.

31/03/2025

Ricky from RNLB Helen Wycherley Lifeboat Restoration has purchased one of our unique chance_restoration1948 mugs,

31/03/2025

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30/03/2025

28/03/2025

Finally got a day work done and plans on what jobs to do on Chance.

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