Time now to start on trying Chance up so we can work on her.

 It has been just over a week since Chance made her way down to Walton on the Naze and little in the way of work has been done on Chance. The weather has been against us with it raining most of the time since Chance arrived in Walton on the Naze. Hopefully now the forecast is for a few days of dry weather we should be able to get on to Chance and empty out the bits that came down from Woodplumpton on the boat. 

The wood that was put in the aft cabin and the tools and tool boxes we had in Chance when she was in Woodplumpton which now have to come out the wood to go under the boat  and the tools returned to my workshop so they can be used to continue the restoration of Chance. 

So I will continue to sort out the transom framework and put the correct shape back into the starboard side and so it mirrors the port side which is still in its original shape and what the starboard side will be after the old framework on the starboard is removed and the Hull is aloud to move freely back into the original position.

The transom as it is at the moment


These parts have to be removed so that the whole part of the hull can move 


All these pieces of wood will need to be replaced with new framework once it is back in the original position



Also we will be sorting out the aft cabin to fore cabin starboard beam shelf which needs removing and replacing with a piece of oak and also make up some new knees and deck beams along the starboard side deck then make up new ends for the large aft deck beams or if the deck beams are to far gone make new deck beams up.to the same pattern as before.Then we will relay the teak deck after the sub-deck is made to make the deck watertight.The first bit of deck will be the aft and the two aft cabin side decks so we have a good safe deck to work on.

~Now all we need is a few dry days and many hands to get the work done.









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