The plywood deck has been stripped and we have a clear view inside on frames and planks.

Only very few of the beams have to be replaced. Most of the frames and beams are quite healthy.

The chance will not come again too soon: The deck is off and we make use of this opportunity to remove the old weathered paint inside of the hull

To remove the old (several) layers of paint turns out to be difficult and painstaking between the many frames.

The result was worth all the efforts: Below several ugly layers of old paint (we actually never found out what kind of paint it has been), we found beautiful maintained wood with a nice colour contrast between the planks in light Abachi Wood and strong dark red Mahogany.

The deck structure has been opened for the redesigned cockpit cross-section

The last careful cleaning of the inside of the hull to prepare the first layer of new paint.

The first 4 layers of paint! We are happy with the result. The wooden colours are now even brighter and contrasting.

By the way: Did you notice that the plywood deck has been mounted on the hull and also the 5114 is now closed! For action and procedure have a look at the 4614 refit pages of this site.

In parallel the cast iron keels of 4614 and 5114 get a special treatment. While the keel of 4614 was well maintained and had got obviously a professional epoxy coating some years ago, the keel of 5114 was in not good shape and quite corroded. For the treatment the keels were mounted upside down on Euro-Paletts.

Poor 5114 got the new plywood deck, but is still a mess. We had to set clear priorities to be able to have one of our stars refitted on the Alster Lake during the International German Championships. We celebrate 75 years starclass in Germany.

Laminating the cockpit surface in 9 layers of teak

As our first restauration object, the Steinlechner Star 4614 has been finalised, it is time to clean up the new challenge STAR 5114.

A new team of trainees is going to cover the new plywood deck with a traditional teak deck surface. It will be done in the traditional way plank by plank. Every plank has to be individually fitted in its place on deck.