EP44. Installing the Stern Assembly

With the deadline of the “Frame-raising party” looming, the race is on to try and get the Stern Assembly into the boat! With a strong team now, we are able to lift most of the pieces by hand, but have to make use of hydraulic jacks to lower the Sternpost Tenon into the Mortise. We also make improvements to our Treenail making process, build a new frame (16a), and I take a trip to the Port Townsend Shipwrights Coop to thread Silicon Bronze bolts with one of their machines.

Music;
Norma Rockwell – Three Kinds of Sun
Underbelly – Lulu
Dan Lebowitz – Torrance Sunset
Freedom Trail Studio – The Current Blues
The Mini Vandals – Who’s Using Who
The Mini Vandals – Kick the Can
The Mini Vandals – Bywater