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Today's goal was to remove the Dutchmen, assess any problems revealed, and remove the stern knee. |
Ý I wasn't sure what to call this section of Sarah we just exposed, but from page 94 of Waldo Howland's biography, A Life in Boats The Concordia Years, there is the picture above. The caption reads in part: "The backbone is set up on its ballast keel and This has obviously been a problem area, and these pictures show some of the various repairs that were done over the years.
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| The split under the Dutchman was no surprise at this stage. However, there's a lot of worm damage along the horizontal piece that was filled in with epoxy when they set the Dutchman. |  |
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| It's not obvious in the pictures, but there was one area that had a joint, but wasn't split. Dave immediately made a temporary dutchman. |  |
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| The next step was to build additional support for the transom. |  |
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| Dave then removed the allthread and put in an additional stern support. |  |
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| Stern knee removed. |  |
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| Surveying the damage. |  |
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| These pictures of the stern knee appear distorted, but it really is warped. |  |
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| It is so twisted, we wonder how she even sailed straight. |  |
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