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On to the bevels for the other side.

Looking good but you had better get cracking Narrandra is only 4 months away

Paul SA wrote:Looking good but you had better get cracking Narrandra is only 4 months away

You're a task master Siddall. Sadly it doesn't get any quicker than this.

Finished fairing in the last reverse plank to the stem today. The reverse planks don't meet at the keel and stem at an even point relative to side to side, but that's the way it was originally. I have improved on it a little though.

The differing lengths came up in a conversation I had a while ago as Torea has longer planks on the Port side (left) the brains trust believe it was done to help with keeping speed turning? Just sharing that idea for info, or it could be a Monday or a Friday boat if you know what I mean !!

The gunwale on Turbo Fire is longer (or shorter) around one side, but can't recall which.

Ok I'm in the land of discovery again as I'm ripping more planks off. I've finally unearthed the repair job done on a plank after the boat sank on the Cooks river up in NSW way back in the past.
I've also come across a massive lump of timber in the bow section. I couldn't believe how much it's on the piss. Would this be just a form piece used during initial assembly, then it's removed afterwards? My point is it's been screwed in with the screws trapped under the inner gunwale. I'm guessing this was done when the new deck and top frame was done 20 years or so ago. The only other thing I was thinking is that it may have been extra weight put in to keep the nose down. I'm not sure whether to remove it or not, or straighten it up if I can get it free. I'm starting think it's there to tie everything together at the bow so it doesn't open up like a blunderbuss after a big hit on the water.

That's a serious chunk of wood. I'd be leaving it there as it's been put in for a reason, to act as a breasthook to tie the stem & gunwales together albeit, it looks a bit agricultural. I cannot think of a benefit in removing it. All those splits in the planks confirm that you're 100% doing the right thing replacing all the planks. Making good headway there Craig.

I think you're right about the "20 years" ago addition, especially if the stem looked like that when they had the deck off. If it's still well connected I would leave it and refine it (if poss)

I've had to move onto other things as I ran out of paint for the planks to be done before fitting them in place.
Now I'm getting other planks made up as well as making a start on repairing the last plank that will be left in place.