2005-2006 Winter Projects

Many passengers ask me what I do and what the boat does in the winter, so here are some photos to show everyone what we are working on.

Just after the sailing season ended, we brought the French down to North End Shipyard in Rockland to haul out. We removed about 25 old planks and three frame futtocks to replace them with new oak. Each picture can be enlarged and has a brief description about what is happening.

After about a week of tearing off old wood, we start replanking the French. Many of the planks needed to be steamed into place because of the twist they needed to take.

Now that planks have been cut out and hung, we will finish the job by fastening and caulking. Sounds easy but it is a lot of hard work.

We're almost done! Our next step is to paint and launch her. It's always nerveracking to launch after a major project, everything went smoothly.

Let's go sailing!