Stern

Glimpses: Behind the Scenes Series
Written By Deborah Rudell

Kiran pondering the huge hole in the stern. The new keel deadwood is in place.

Another small boat word that entailed months of work! The stem was one thing but dicovering rot in the stern was an even bigger deal, structurally.

Twins finishing up the replacement keel deadwood.

The lower planks were removed and the bottommost timber, keel deadwood, needed replacing. This is what the sternpost sits on. And then the counter timber, the long piece that goes up under the cockpit, was also damaged by marine borers and rot. As you can see from the photos, at one point, the hull was completely unsupported from the aft end.

Tosh did his magic with the chunks of hardwood and refurbished bits of the original stern post, fabricating a whole new piece to tie her all back together again. And just like life, there is no one piece separate from the whole, this part of the project included  rebuilding the transome as well.

Fabricated new sternpost and counter timber.

An unsupported stern and massive hole in the back end!

Restored transom timbers and frames in place.

The new sternpost securely replaced.     

Deborah Rudell

I grew up in a small town in British Columbia, the eldest of four children. Typical of the 60’s and 70’s, there were many children in the neighborhood and plenty of independence and autonomy. My parents were busy with younger siblings and as a child I found solace in my stuffed animals and imaginary friends. As a preteen, my grandmother taught me about reincarnation, Edgar Cayce, yoga and Jesus. As a teen, my coping mechanism for the pain I saw and felt in the world was a reading list that included Max Heindel’s The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, Gina Cerminara’s Many Mansions, Levi Dowling’s The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ and books about Atlantis.

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