Thank you Mr. Par. I won't lie and say it doesn't smart a bit to be corrected, but I'll take mine standing up please. Duly noted and accepted....
Interesting you asked about the boat's origin. While sanding the strips in the last foot of the boat, under two layers of paint but on top of...
PS, you may also see me beginning to think through the notion of building a new boat in the thread i started re: One piece stem and keel. I...
Mr. Watson, after investing about an hour or so in unscrewing the screws or un-nailing the nails that held the ribbing to the transom, it became...
Ok, time, sleep and good advice have prevailed. I'll do minimal repairs here (possibly to include shortening the over all boat length by 2 inches...
Is it permissible/advisable to construct one's stem and keel from a continuous piece of lumber? Thanks, mikensherry
Thanks Mr. Pericles. Call me names but with each passing moment I (we) become more resolute to rebuild the boat we have. I looked at your links...
Little closer shot of the wider planks forming center bottom of boat. I wonder if the screws in the center of the ribs go all the way through to...
Don't let the dark staining put you off the trail. It was my feeble attempt at loosening some very rusty bolts. Wide center strips forming the...
A little closer damaged ribbing detail.
Additional damaged ribbing (I think it is primarily contained on the port side which caused my speculation of some kind of crash or something)
Close up of broken out stripping and cracked/rotted ribbing.
Aft pictures, removed strips and cracked or damaged ribbing.
Transom and aft pictures
