The distance between the davit holes on the aft deck and the aft cabin hatch which we will have to remove and repair.

Across the transom of Chance there are two holes which were for her second dinghy. The spacing would suggest that the dinghy which was on these davits was between 8 and 9 feet in length.
There is a second pair of holes on the port side sidedeck which suggests that the other dinghy would be about 10 to 12 feet in length. 


The aft cabin hatch base is in reasonable condition apart from a few broken edges which can be repaired and so make this hatch serviceable and will be used again once it is sanded back and the opening top refixed and the whole of the hatchis varnished an made good.  


This hatch is like the other hatches on the boat screwed in position by long screws from underneath through the deck beams, so it is likely going to mean cutting through the screws to liftthis hatch off the deck beams and replacing the screws later.


The deck around the hatch at sometime in the past as been removed a patched up and not with the same type of deck planking as before. they were replaced with plain boards and not T&G planking as the rest of the deck. 


This will be changed when we come to rebuild the aft cabin sides and rest lay the aft cabin deckhead planking.


This is one of the sliding doors in the wheelhouse which is in need of a bit of TLC and new glass like the rest of the wheelhouse which as no glass remaining in the windows. one of the many job we have to do over the summer months to make Chance more water and weather tight.


 

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