A lot of work on the paddle boxes still needs to be done. The men have already started placing out new floors on the deck and cabin area. Also the work on the engine is now completed.

Below there's a video footage filmed on 21st Oct 2010.

More Video Footage

A lot of work has been done over the past two weeks, the floor on the decking area was stripped off, the engine area has been sanded and an undercoat applied. The area below the deck has been hoovered and clean up before applying specialized paint to prevent the wood from rotting.

4th Oct 2010

12th Oct 2010

Video Footage

The new team of men have been busy over the past couple of months. They have now completed painting both sides of the Comet to her original colours before attaching the paddle boxes. The team are now working on the deck. So far they have sanded and undercoat the wooden planks and marked out a template on the floor area.

The videos below show the progress of the work which has been done.

31 August 2010

20th September 2010

27th September 2010

Photos from the Doors Open Day

Below we have some photos from the Doors Open Day and a short 10 minutes film which was shown at the exhibition.

Piper Lyle Templeton welcoming the arrivals.

To find out information about Piper Lyle Templeton you can visit his website:

www.westcoastpiper.co.uk

P.S. Comet short film

New Team of Men

Niall Ptomoley, our Heritage Assistant and Comet Rebuilt blogger for the last six months has now taken up his place as a student at University studying history. (All the best to Niall from all at 7 and a half John Wood Street and our Comet Rebuilt bloggers).

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Scott Grant, and I will be taking over from where Niall has left off.

Also, in August 2010, the Comet team downed tools as their future jobs placement, which lasted six months came to an end, however two men from the team have been employed by Inverclyde Community Development Trust to continue working on the Comet and to join a new team.

They kindly posed for these photographs so all of you bloggers can meet the new team.

The new team (missing from picture- Darren Connaghan).

Darren Connaghan

Ian Cochrane

James Campbell

Jamie Phillips

John Gallacher

Richard McCartney

Stuart McIntyre

William Kelly

200 Visitors on Doors Open Day

Over 200 people turned out to visit The Comet at Fergusons this weekend...absolutely brilliant.

We've some footage and photos from the day which we'll post soon...including some video of Lyle Templeton...our piper who welcomed everyone over the doors during the morning session.

You can hear a new radio interview about the project at 6.15 this evening on Bute FM (96.5fm) or online at www.butefm.com.

Loads of folk had questions for us about when the boat was going to be completed and what was happening next, particularly around protecting The Comet from the elements when she returns. But we were really interested to hear a particular idea over and over again...keep The Comet out of sight in 2011, then bring her back with much more of a bang for the bicentennial in 2012.

Hmmmm.

Visit Comet Rebuilt!

On Saturday September 11, as part of Doors Open Day you can come along to Fergusons Shipbuilders Port Glasgow and visit the Comet Rebuilt Project. We'll be open from 10-4.

We've had loads of requests for site visits since the start of the project and so we're delighted that folk will be able to come along and see what's been going on.

There will be the opportunity to chat to some of the staff involved, have a look at the restortation undertaken so far and also to see a small exhibition on the history of The Comet. As a special treat, we'll be premiering 10 minutes of the Comet Rebuilt documentary which has been getting produced since the project began in January.

We hope to see you along on the day.

We're just one of many interesting venues that can be visited on the weekend of September 11/12...for details of many more go to Doors Open Days