We have been making steady progress. Several diversions on the boat itself, and time off for other things (both myself and Christian from Ferdi’s team).

Planking has been the focus of most of the activity – with good progress made. Briefly, we have five planks on port and four on starboard to refasten. Of these, only 5 need refurbishing, as the rest have been completed and can go into place without further work. This is of the kauri planks. There are a further three hardwood planks (including the garboard) that will be replaced.

We remain on the hunt for some appropriate timber to replace sections in about nine of the kauri planks – some up to 5 metres. Although most are less than 4 metres. Photos below. Fair bit of tidy up work to be done, but we are trying to keep timber loss to a minimum at this point.