Planta, frame repairs.

All the new planks were by now throwing the rather tired state of the topside planking into sharp relief. We decided to remove them and replank entirely, as this would be as quick or quicker than painstakingly repairing what we had. Off came the upper planks, which exposed the frames. Most of which were wonderfully sound, simply requiring splinting of the old fastening holes. It was a slightly different story around the area of the cockpit, and a few futtock ends had substantial repairs carried out. Three on on side and one on the other were replaced altogether, using 2 inch thick iroko with oak treenails fastening them together.