R/V Skalugsuak at Verreault Navigation on June 13, 2012

The refit of the R/V Skalugsuak is underway at the Verreault Navigation shipyard in the town of Les Méchins, Quebec.

Over the course of the last month, Verreault engineers and mechanics have built and installed a dive platform, a housing for our SCUBA compressor, and new carburetors. The boat was put back into the water on June 13 in order to perform a stability test (ISO 12217-1) to conform with Transport Canada requirements.

Remaining work will focus on interior carpentry, engine fine-tuning and a complete overhaul of the boat’s two transmissions.