Above: The timber on the outside left is the carlin that frames one side of the hatch opening. Half beams connect the carlin with the side of the hull and are held in place by lodging knees. 2005-12-13(4) Right: Blocking between the outboard ends of the poop deck beams; the blocking arrangement on the main deck was similar. 2006-10-03(6)
A scarf joint in the waterway timbers. 2005-11-08(9) NUMBER 68
the original design, with about a dozen heavy drifts driven from the inside. The caulking of the main deck planking began even before the deck was fully laid. The process was similar to the caulking of the hull planking, except that the seams were paid with hot marine glue, a tar-like pine resin material. The new main deck planking had to link up with the original planking inside the afterhouse. The old sill timber, which formed the forward face of the base of the afterhouse, was quite rotten and was cut out. This allowed us to join the new deck to the old in a well-staggered butt pattern. Once this area of the deck was caulked and paid, a new sill timber was shaped and installed. With the hull planked and caulked, and the main deck laid and caulked, the funding for the project was almost gone. 21