Name carving

Anne Marie has had a few home ports and countries. She was built in Cers, France and her first known home was north west France somewhere near Saint Nazaire.

She was sold in 1996 to a German man who registered her in Stuttgart, Germany although she roamed the Caribbean. She seemed to have spent much time in Grenada. In 2005 she was bought to UK and kept at Rye, East Sussex until September 2022. She is now in Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne on the south coast.

The photos from 2004 after hurricane Ivan show she once had her port of registration carved into a wooden panel on her stern but that disappeared. I decided to make a new home port name plate for her.

Since 2005 she has been moored in Rye and has been registered there with the British authorities. So RYE it is.

Now I have never carved anything but I was given some router fittings for my Dremel. I had a nice piece of teak from Anne Marie’s refit which became the sign.

Here are photos of how I made it.