Update on progress on the restoration of Chance and more helpers in the way of my wife and son.

So far, my brother john and I have stripped out the inside of Chance so there is very little in the way of the hull, so now we can turn our attention to removing the broken ribs and replacing them with green oak which will be steamed in place using the old method of a wooden steam box and using an electric boiler to make the steam.

However, before we can steam the new ribs in position we have to take off the both side deck edge covering boards on the fore deck and the aft deck on the starboard side so that the steamed ribs can be push down into position from above behind the single beam shelf in the aft cabin and behind the high deck beam shelf and the lower beam shelf which is the beam shelf that is the beam shelf in the aft cabin which is used to bolt the rubbing stake as it is steamed in position as it curves round the hull.

So, while I am at my workshop it will be time to sort out the oak and next time, I am up at Chance I will cut the oak to the correct size and then steam it is place with the help of my brother John. He will have a baptism of fire as he has never done this job before. However, he is quick learner.

Also, the next we go up to Chance my wife will have retired from job and will be able to help as well, she has in the past helped with my past restorations and is a good second pair of hands and is a mean caulker as she did many a seam of one of my past restorations and can paint and varnish as well. Last but be no means least our son is good with a paint brush and at sanding. So, over the coming months they will be helping with various jobs around the boat inside as well as outside.

 

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