Merciless restoration progressing on Flying Fish

Restoration is very much about showing mercy to a beautiful old wooden boat - ironically this means mercilessly taking care of every single detail - scraping off all the old paint, replacing broken fastenings, removing, repairing and refitting ancient planks. Because of this, a restoration is always much more involved than a new build.
Flying Fish has been fitted with some splines and new planking to seal up the hull. Broken timbers (which I discovered were made of Elm) have been replaced by new oak ones. The whole interior and exterior has been scraped.

Fitting a new second plank

All down to bare wood

Spline fitted to seal large gaps

Brand new mahogany plank

Interior beautifully cleaned

Ready to refit gardboard on starboard side