The rot in the stern post had already been scrapped out. Since Saga is being restored for display, and not to go sailing, we filled the voids in the stern post, where the rotten wood had been removed, with filler. If Saga was to go sailing again we would have probably have had to replace the entire stern post.

 

Meanwhile at the front of the boat a team was replacing the spacers between the deck spars.

New Colour

Following a couple of coats of undercoat the green top coat is now being applied. It's easier to paint the inside before the new deck is fixed on.

 

 

Meanwhile work continues on the new foredeck spars:

...and replacing the missing sternboard section of support:

Storm Arwen + 1 week

Last week we didn't do any restoration work as several volunteers were otherwise occupied with weather related issues. Now that the weather has clamed down again normal service is resumed.

 

Planning session

Painting and working on replacement deck spars

Port side deck spars fixed up

Foredeck spars fixed in position