Checking through the bulkheads I removed from the forecabin to see what can be salvaged and what will need replacing

Having removed the panels of mahogany from the forecabin of Chance on the starboard side and got them all outside in front of Chance it was time to inspect them and see what can be salvaged and what will need to be replaced.  


This one was the only panel that can be saved out of all the panels as the other panels are rotten in different places which it makes impossible to repair so it is going to be a hunt for some good mahogany faced marine plywood to replace the panels I can not source large enough panels of mahogany.


What I am doing is making sure the old panels can be used as templates for the new panels that are going to be made out of mahogany faced marine plywood


I did not expect to see this on my James A Silver iron nails nailing bulkheads in place. Bulkheads I have worked on in the past have been either screwed in position or bolted never nailed in position iron nails.


The sorting still going on as I get through the pile of wood.


 

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