December 26, 2001

The boat is now starting to go back together, slowly. The bottom is off, so it is much easier to see what is going on.

At some point after the boat left Bardahl the interior of the boat was sprayed with a brown-epoxy paint to protect it. Last month's big project was stripping all of that brown paint off the frames, battens, etc. to restore the boat to its original wooden interior finish.

The new bow is almost complete, the frames are in and secured, along with the new transom. The new airtraps and left side are the other major project currently under.

We changed the way the frames are attached to the stringers, slightly, to make the boat much stronger. Instead of using a wooden block in the corner and bolting through that, we are using aluminum angle. This, in combination with the aluminum on the stringers will provide much more strength and longevity than the boat originally had.

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Date: 12/26/2001

Owner: Dragon Keeper

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Looking from the bow back. Date: 12/02/2007 Views: 91	The bottom without the bottom. Note new airtraps have been fitted. Date: 12/02/2007 Views: 105	Head-on view of bow Date: 12/02/2007 Views: 87
Original bow frames. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 90	Detail of the bow structure. Note the forward section is mostly new, while farther aft a majority of the original was salvaged. Date: 12/02/2007 Views: 92	Bow structure detail. Date: 12/02/2007 Views: 92
The new bow! Date: 12/02/2007 Views: 92	Bow reinforcement. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 91	Note spruce shim on "top" of the frame. Date: 12/02/2007 Views: 97
Note spruce shim. Also notice notch in middle - that is for the keel to lay in. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 93	Detail of above shot. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 77	More of the spruce shims/caps. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 86
Spruce shim. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 81	New transom. Note that most of the wood in the back (sans transom) is original. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 101	Looking from the rear of the cockpit back. Date: 12/26/2001 Views: 87

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