Janet is the boat that was built in England in the 1890’s. As you can see, she’s got a bit of a leaking problem. The hull was fiberglassed at some point and consequently, the keel, stem, sternpost- basically the backbone of the boat and all the rib ends were done. Removing the ballast was pretty easy- it stayed on the wagon as the hull was lifted. Not much left for pattern making though.

We’re making the keel out of two layers of 3 inch mahogany. Its almost 20 inches wide on the top surface, so its quite a hunk of wood. We’re making the top layer right now, and I’ll let you know how it goes.

Cheers

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