Dark Arts
Dark Arts The next stage was to start putting this old girl back together. The first thing was to understand the rules and to interpret what they meant and what was measured from where. This was actually the main challenge throughout the whole rebuild, doubt and uncertainty certainly slowed down the whole process. Stog and Mars Bar were invaluable because I was confused a lot of the time which stalled progress. They were online help, 'what does this mean what does that mean', 'where is this measured from'. The main datum was the outside of the transom, and the actual skin of the boat. Some measurements were +/- 15mm which isn't a lot on an old boat and others such as the deck camber were no more than 95mm. I bought plywood from Robbins a mix of Gaboon, and Sapelee faced. The Sapelee faced is heavier than the Gaboon but looks better and its going to be used for the bulkhead, centreboard case and transom. The stringers etc are all cut from one 6x2 rough sawn plank