12th August 2007

The boat had been moved the week before to hardstanding so this was the first chance I had to go over her with a fine tooth comb. Unfortunately things were far worse than I expected, the rot had been painted over and been badly repaired over the years. I knew the doors would needt to be replaced and maybe the windows at the front.

In reality from my proding and poking it was going to need a new front cabin as the roof had leaked and rotted more of the boat than I first saw.

I took the photos as a reference so that I know what she looked like at the start and hopefully will be able to do before and after shots once she is complete.

Don't get me wrong there is a lot of work that will be needed between now and then, but I'm going to take it slow and steady and hopefully do the old girl proud