Making solid timber hollow.With the aid of biscuits …… two become one …… and four become two (see bulkheads at far end, and on supports awaiting placement at gooseneck(s) and spreaders) …… and then one again …… clamped and glued, awaiting shaping.Meanwhile, uroxsysing continues to six of ten coats: portlight lintels, …… washboards and hatch slide …… tiller end (brass cap screws flush, securing end to tiller) …Engine control fitted to starboard 10 litre waterlock fitted for abundance of insurance against hydraulicing …… still tucked away below grating behind enginebox, showing cross cockpit drains.And then there’s the prop …
The restoration of Rogue (1892) 