Work for the next few days weather permitting

Starting tomorrow, it is hoped that the pattern can be made to the make the new frame which was removed because it  was rotten and had signs  of land borne wood worm from when it was made and fitted to the boat. There is no signs of any of the wood worm now, however, it must have been there a one point looking at the amount of holes in the old frame when it was removed. 

The other jobs that we can to tackle are making the area where the old ribs were better by drilling and plugging up the holes from the old copper nails and re-drilling the holes a fresh when the ribs and frames are steamed and fitted in position. 

However, before any of that can be done the plank seams will have to cleaned out and the planks pushed back into position and the gaps in the planks closed up so that a small amount of caulking cotton and putty is put in the seams once more. 

So a lot of drilling and plugging and racking out seams to be done over the next few days on Mai Star II. 

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