The barge was now 'in frame', and the shipwright approved the lines. Ribbands were temporarily nailed to the outside of the frames to hold this position. The inner angle between the floor and the futtocks were stiffened by inner chines or chine keelsons, made of a single piece of pitch pine This was bolted to each floor and futtock. Above it was a oak stringer that was bolted to the futtocks and led out to stem and stern post. The ceilings were now laid on the floors. These would be pine planks thick, and as wide as available. The height of the deck was marked on the frames- forming a beam-line, and a beam thickness beneath it, a oak inwale was bolted to the futtocks. The inside of the hold was lined with thick pine. The inwale formed a ledge on which the curved beams of the deck, and the carlings rested. The two large holds made it impossible to use deckbeams alone. There were 3 beams afore the forehold, three beams under the mast-case between the holds, 2 between the mainhold and the companionway to the cabin, two supporting the transom. On the Kathleen, the port and starboard decks were of differing widths. When she was built, the Kathleen had a bowsprit, main mast and a mizzen mast. She was rigged with spritsails on both masts and a topsail on the main. She was rerigged in 1926 without a bowsprit. In 1946 she lost her mizzen when an engine was added. In 1954 her rig was reduced to that of a motor barge- and from 1961 to 1965 she was used as a lighter, with engine and mast stripped away. When she was converted to a barge yacht for the 1966, 1967 sailing races, her rig was similar to that in 1926. The mainmast was made of spruce; it was to the head, and it was to the hounds. The sprit was . The topmast was to the hounds; it had a pole, and a headstick. The mizzen mast was to the head. The sprit was , and the boom was . The bowsprit was with outboard. She was rigged with shrouds. The mainsail was (weather), by (head) with a lee of and a of foot , giving a sail area of . The topsail was (weather), with a lee of and a of foot , giving a sail area of .