The interior now in a position to start cleaning out the bilges and making plans for the next stage of the restoration.

After what seems an age, finally we have got the interior woodwork and framework cleared out of interior of Chance. Now the major work can start in earnest.

The forecabin now as all the framework of the berth and the chain locker bulkhead removed and just a pair of temporary floorboards in the place of the original floor boards that will go back in at a later date in the restoration


The main cabin now a great empty space with just the floorboards down to cover over the bilges



One of the jobs that has to be done when we next go to to Chance is to remove the original bilge pump pipe which goes along the middle of the bilge above the ballast and down into the centre bilge area



That along with the original fresh water feed pipe which runs along the starboard engine bed to toward the galley area in the cabin space between the main cabin and the forecabin  



Now that the last of the framework is out of the aft owners cabin, the outline of the original berth configuration can clearly be seen. This original design for the owners cabin arrangement will be going back in place as it was when Chance was originally build in 1948



So the next jobs in the boat are the removal of the fuel and water tanks and a complete wash through of the bilges to clean the bilges ready to paint and then mark off the ribs and planking which needs renewing over the rest o this year prior to moving Chance down to Essex later in the year

 

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