Young people learning on Huff
Until two years ago Huff was providing sail training to young people from all walks of life with Cremyll Sailing. EISCA is still very dedicated to improve young people's education and is currently prepaing a NVQ level 2 course in boatbuilding at Cremyll. Two young men have been selected, one from Plymouth and one from East Cornwall where employment opportunities for young people are few and in between. Andrew and Liam believe this to be a fantastic chance to learn a trade and get away from the uncertainties of unemployment. They are committed to follow the two year course and, having already spent six months with EISCA on Future Jobs Fund, they have a clear view of the work involved and are enthusiastic about it.
The NVQ level 2 course in boatbuilding will take place at Mashfords boatyard in Cremyll where Huff is laid up ready for work to start. The two apprentices will follow the technical side of the syllabus in boatbuilding with Falmouth Marine School, part of Cornwall College. A mentor and an assessor in boatbuilding will see the apprentices through the various stages of the syllabus which will include, amongst others, learning the following skills
- health & safety on the work place
- preparing & looking after your equipment
- how to saw
- repairing frames
- making new planks
- riveting
- sanding
- painting
- varnishing
- fitting out new interiors
hello everyone, we have been encouraged to share our views to show fellow readers how both us as apprentices and the huff our progressing throughout our apprenticeship. I would like to start today as my official day one of blogs writing and try to right one each day, but ill apologize in advance if days have been missed.
ReplyDeleteDAY 1: On a Monday we do not work on the Huff as this is college day with Falmouth marine school. The morning consist with classroom work. We progressed in our terminologies (on which im improving on smoothly from the basic port and starboard) and a little bit on types of fastening. In the afternoon we went into the workshop and carried on with doing our mortice and tenon joints. This joint is by far not my best joint to do so far, but hey have to practice..
Thank you for taking the time to read this and hope you enjoy future blogs.
Andrew
Hello readers.
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Today consist of riverting the starboard quarter aft.Doing this was no easy task due to the lack of space from the surrounding scaffolding, but me and Liam crack on with. Some parts mainly where riverting the bottoms of the frames where real strain to the back, from the way we had to position ourselves ( if limboing was a olympic sport me and Liam would easily win gold in the doubles). Well that's all I can say for today readers but stay tune to the next blog.
Thanks for reading Andrew
Day 3
ReplyDeleteToday consisted of more riverting on which were nearly done (due to are forever extended fan club admiring prospect of the huff). Be glad once it is finished getting boring seeing a rivert. Don't want to know how many riverts I've done but if one rivert was one extra week added to my life I'd be retiring.
Punches don't live in bilges Dom the live in toolboxes.
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DeleteThank you Andrew,
ReplyDeleteI'll point it out to Dom - maybe we shall give him a dictionary? ;)
Thank you liam 'mchammer' ellis for your wonderful rendition of riverts shouldn't be straight.
ReplyDeleteDone 90% of the riverting now (thank god) so putting my friend miss dolly away until needed for the final 10% is to be done behind shores etc. Put on our boatbuilding cleaning gear (liam u do look good in a pinnie lol) and gave the huff a good hoover, changed some of the lightbulbs to brighten the light around the huff and finished the day doing some dowling.