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 Posted: Tue Apr 14th, 2020 18:00
chrisbet



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 Green oak planking is relatively easy to work and many of the damaged planks are straight, so if he has the finances then repairs should be fairly straightforward. Depends of course on the condition of the ribs, being part in steel they may be rotten but the fixings have remained in place despite the timbers being torn away.

I'd be inclined to trim away any rotten edges and temporarily fix softwood planks to fill the holes and cover with tarred canvas to keep the water out of the hull. Then work from bottom upwards removing whole planks and replacing them properly, doubling up the frames with new steel angle - if the boat only floats at springs then the neaps should give enough time to do it plank at a time.



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