Follow the renovation of The Ship Sørlandet summer 2024 - week 10
The school ship Sørlandet is at the "Bredalsholmen dokk og fartøyvernsenter" (BDF) shipyard in Kristiansand and will undergo hull repairs, get a new main deck, overhaul the rig, and much more. The shipyard period is scheduled to last from May 20, 2024 to August 25, 2024. The new school year on board begins on August 31, 2024, by which time the ship must be ready. The project is estimated to cost between NOK 32 million and NOK 34 million, depending on whether there are any works that have not been included in the plans. These works are necessary to renew the sailing permits for five more years and be ready to be one of the main attractions during Tall Ships Races Kristiansand 2025. See pictures at the bottom of the page.
Below is the weekly report for the past week. We publish the development of the project weekly as it progresses.
There is still very good progress on all major jobs:
The new main deck is in place. All seams are caulked, primed and sealed. Hardanger fartøyvernsenter is sanding and preparing for the first coat of oil. New team arrives on Sunday to complete the project.
The foredeck and aft deck have received 9(!) coats of linseed oil and are finally saturated and finished.
Steel work on the starboard side continues and all hull plates except G6 are in place. The plates are riveted, "diked" and leak tested to frame #49, ready to be painted.
New struts have been welded on the three yards that lacked this, which increases safety.
New steel brackets are completed and installed.
HMI has finished paneling the hull interior on the port side and has continued with the starboard side, starting with the pantry work aft, following the steel work.
Egeland Rør is in the process of completing the work in the two forward cabins and is on schedule with all other projects.
A service engineer from Volvo Penta has been on board and the starboard auxiliary engine is now assembled with new piston rings, injectors, valve springs, turbo and heat exchanger, ready to be tested. The test is done when the tent is removed.
Marine Shaft arrives in week 32 to perform stern tube drilling, requested by Hundested Propulsion.
Propeller and shaft have returned after maintenance at Hundested Propulsion.
DNV has inspected several small cracks in the anchors and asked the yard to grind a few mm into them to assess their severity.
Many thanks to Sparebanken Sør, Agder County Council and Kristiansand Municipality for the local support that makes this possible. We would also like to thank Gard, DNV and Jotun for providing good conditions for the world's oldest fully operational full rigger.
