Square Meter: Port side planking

On Friday we removed the pre-fitted planking. After coating the interior of the planks with epoxy, we set them in a thickened epoxy paste and re-screwed them in place.

Hang doggin it.

Rebuilding the Square Meter: Planking

Today we started the planking process.

The boat is hanging which helps with access.
The existing planking is sound.

First off was an inspection of the existing planking.  Below the waterline the planking is either sound or absent.  Near the shear, there are a few planks that have rot near butt joints.  These will be dealt with later when we are in refinishing mode.  The planking we will be working on now is over the new framing we put in.  Here are some photos with descriptions...

Here you can see the new framing and the new planking going in.

Here is a close-up.  The planks are cut to fit, forced into place.  We then drill a pilot and a countersink.
After all the planks are fitted and screwed in, they will be removed and reset with thickened epoxy.
This might happen Friday when the weather will be warmer.

Here is an interior view of the same planking.

Ditto

The tails are long and will be cut to shape later.

Rebuilding the Square Meter: swinger

Having the new framing installed, I though it would be a good time to hang the boat from the barn structure.  The trailer is to be replaced with a new double axle trailer custom designed to properly fit the hull.  Hanging the boat will allow us to remove the trailer for a few weeks and have unhindered access to work on the planking.
In preparation for this, we slung heavy line and chain over the barn's massive framing and are using cable come-alongs and wide nylon strapping to lift the hull.  The straps are positioned on the galvanized ribs to properly support the hull.
This boat must have been made in production runs large enough to justify the interior metal work.  There are 4 galvanized frames that the wooden frames are faired to.  This would have required a good deal of tooling work.  I would love to see a photo of the shop they were built in.

Here we are starting to lift the hull off it's trailer bunks.

The hull is lifting off the bunks now.  This strap is positioned on one of the internal galvanized ribs.

The keel ballast is about to be drilled out for new keel bolts.