Bequia

Bequia, built by our friends at the famous Brooklyn Boatyard in Maine, succumbed to the infamous St Barths surge so much that one of her aft cleats lifted from the deck, and pulled it into the fairlead causing damage to the bulwark and cap rail.

In consultation with Brooklyn Boatyard and Stephen Waring Design a plan was made to not only rebuild the bulwark but strengthen it as well.

This was done with a new bulwark section made of opposing scarfs (inside and out) making the repair immovable from either direction. These scarfs were then further reinforced by feathered G-10 plates on either side. The whole lot was bolted from the top to ensure this part of the bulwark is significantly stronger than originally built. The new section of cap rail was then fastened on top of this and varnished. Hopefully Bequia’s bulwark will never again succumb to “the surge”.