Cut out all remaining toerail pieces. Cut and refine all scarf joints. Plane on tapers and under bevels. Modify plane and scraper to form top radius. Permanently glue, screw and bung two forward sections together, port and starboard. Make drilling jig and bore holes for hold-down bolts in port forward section. Make bolts from copper rod. Bore and thread holes through deck and into sheer clamp. Dry fit port forward sections to hull.
The restoration of Rogue (1892) 