WINTER-SPRING PHOTOS 2012-2013 . . .

Major Construction Winter-Spring 2012-2013 Following a full summer of trips and tours, in early October 2012, we initiated a complete review of the boat with the Marine Surveyor regarding Coast Guard regulations that govern the boat?s operation. Initially, a repair list was generated that included: 1) move the battery chargers to the tank room; 2) replace the fuel lines installed in 2004 as they had begun to crack, and replace fuel filters with aluminum bolls. After the boat was taken out of the water, we closely examined the original planking and discovered some deterioration. The boat will need 200 lineal feet of outside planking mostly above the water line. Most of the bottom planking does not need to be replaced.  However, we did find major problems inside the back end of the boat:  18 bottom frames and most of the starboard shaft log, longitudinal trusses and the lower portion of the water tight bulkheads will need to be replaced.  This work is very technical and requires special expertise, so we have hired Port Townsend Shipwrights Cooperative to complete and supervise the work. The Shipwrights will also lead our volunteers in replacing the outside planking.
Internal framing aft of engine room before replacement			Bob Herbst and Chuck Kellogg inspecting work done	Port Townsend shipwright fitting frames	Removed rotten framing	Surveyor Alison Mazon with Port Townsend shipwright Jim Lyons discussing repairs
Some of the framing after being fitted	Starboard shaft log replacement piece	Shaft log installed		Ron Taylor working of plugging holes in the bottom	Ron Taylor and Tom Cates working on installing the stringers
		Rotten starboard hull planking removed	Alison Mazon inspecting while Tom Cates works on hull	Jim Lyons from Port Townsend Shipwrights working on forward starboard planking	Forward starboard planking installed	Ron Taylor surveying further work to be done on starboard side
Fred Juras and Lowell Gillespie removing planking on port side forward	Ron Taylor with a laminated framing piece under construction.	Tom Cates with Jonathan Frank (Ron's grandson) and Ron working on port side forward	Starboard inner planking being fitted	Bob Alton working in the rear tank room	Transom rotten lower inner log section after removal	Galley with refrigerator moved and light from below on the port side
Starboard aft chine repair section

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