Demolition Begins

The progress to date:

• Centerboard has been removed.
• Centerboard pennant has been removed.
• Ballast keel has been removed.
• Worm shield has been removed from the deadwood.
• False keel deadwood has been removed.
• Centerboard slot liner has been removed from the deadwood.
• Interior table has been removed.
• Ninety per cent of the main cabin sole has been removed.
• Bronze centerboard trunk has been removed.
• Paul Haley surveyed the scope of work on 1/5/09.

T & S generated a scope-of-work document, with consultation from Paul Haley. Its summary is that the keel is satisfactory, the bronze centerboard trunk is fine, but the wood centerboard trunk and the frame heels, between the engine and the base of the stem, need to be replaced. Paul Haley identified this in his survey in early 2008. The job will require removing all interior joinery, fabricating scarfed frame pieces, installing them, and restoring the joiner work.
I asked that I be assigned to Taylor & Snediker's crew as an apprentice, to reduce my out-of-pocket cost.
I called the Peabody Essex Museum, again. Photographic services admitted that she had not filled the order, from before Christmas, and promised to send it today.