Life's a Gamble, so lets take a Chance Restoration Project

While looking on the workshop shelf I was able to find the main cabin door that had been varnished in the past before being put away until now. It will a dusting down and a light sanding and it can be put with the rest of the doors and cabinetry to be varnished before being refitted to the boat as we rebuild the inside of the boat.  These two panels are the lifting parts from the main entrance to the main cabin from the cockpit.  The starboard side galley front being given a sealing coat of varnish while we sort out how to fill in the two holes on the top right hand side part of the galley front. The port side galley corner panels now getting a sealing coat of varnish, before we start to refit the port side galley unit back together in te boat. These two door are from the main cabin starboard side sideboard, the framework was in a bit of a poor condition so we are having to rebuild the framework to fit these door back on to when we refit the starboard sideboard in the main cab...

Just temporarily fitting the doors to make sure the frame is correct and as not twisted out of shape since it was taken out and dismantled and glued back together.  Looking at the drawers on the shelves was able to find the drawer that fitted the hole in the top of the galley front. The only problem is that it is in need of rebuilding before it can go back in place and be used again. The port or forward side of the drawer as been wet at sometime in the past and as got rotten and parts of it have disappeared over time. The starboard or aft side is okay and will be able to be used again.  However, the forward side and the back will be have to be remade and the bottom panel will have to be renewed as well A good little job to use a bit of brain power to remake the dovetail joints that were used when these drawers were first made back in 1948 at James A Silver's boatyard.