Hull Rot

The fresh water ruined all of the wooden floor frames. Mahogany plywood was turned to dust. The alaska yellow cedar was remarkably rot resistant. We removed all of the floors and cut out the frames.	Looking aft at the horn timber the Port side has been repaired and we are working on the Starboard side. We put a small sump to allow the bilge pump to get the "Last Drop"
Sounding the outer cold molding in the stern we kept finding small compromised pockets of wood. The builder had used soft metal staples when doing the cold molding and the fungus followed the rusting staple through the four layers of cedar. - So we slowly removed all of the bad wood.	More rot in the bow. Where the mahogany floors rotted to powder against the Alaska yellow cedar the fungus could only form a small pocket in the Cedar.
We were impressed at the rot resistance. The fresh water penetrated the strip planking from the inside.and caused local weakening in the Western Red Cedar cold molding. We slowly "investigated" the removal of the entire port bilge where the water sat.
We finally removed all the floors the frames past the tuck and the strip planking and cold molding a foot and a half of the portside above the keel.	Working on the keel was easier from outside because it was too narrow to kneel. (Note hands through hull).
When we were satisfied that we had everything we started to replace the strip planking. Here you can see several strips back in and the top of the lead ballast.	The strip planking back in and faired, ready for the cold molding.
Looking aft at the horn timber the Port side has been repaired and we are working on the Starboard side. We put a small sump to allow the bilge pump to get the "Last Drop"