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No going back The great 'replace the deck' project is now finally underway.

Seb, from Wendy Ann, dropped by to say hello and got roped into helping. Some six hours later he was still at it. Thanks Seb.

The ripped up section you see is the result of our combined efforts after a few hours.

I opted to start cutting where I was most concerned about the state of the underlying steel.

With the technique a bit better refined, our work rate soon accelerated and we had the wood removed all the way to just the other side of the stern section by the end of a long, and physically hard, day.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that without the chainsaw, which you can just see in the picture at the back there, we would never have got as far as we did.

The underlying steel, so far, looks in better shape than I had dared hope. I'll only really know once all the rust busting and painting has been done.
Posted by Tim Zim at 11:24 AM