Keeping track of matching components

Like many things on Aurora the portlights were originally finished by hand and are slightly different from one another. So while the frames were clearly cast out of the same mould, the fixing holes were drilled by hand and are all in different places. Each frame therefore has two halves that belong to each other, with a right and wrong way up. Each pair of frames is held together by an aluminium spigot with hand drilled holes that align with matching holes in the frames. Each pain of glass, thanks to the etchings, has a right way up and a correct inside and outside face. We carefully labelled all the parts as we took them apart, but that didn’t stop me getting in a muddle! We dismantled the portlights in…

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Practical Boat Owner (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2020

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