Ok - now that I have a picture record of everything, it's time to start removing all the hardware so I can get on with the sanding and repairs. I pulled all the hardware off and put it in individual bags, trying to keep similar parts together. It's clear now that I will be replacing a lot of this hardware but I suspected that once I saw the boat.
Once I got all the hardware off I then set about removing the forward and rear grates. This involved drilling out the plugs on various screws and then cleaning out the screw heads so we could get a grip on them with a screwdriver. Unfortunately some of these plugs were put in with epoxy and didn't want to come out. With all the hardware off and the grates removed, I was able to take a good look at things. Some of the wood in the grates had been replaced since there was some Mahogany mixed in with Teak. In addition there was significant decay around the centerboard trunk since previous owners had extended the front grate supports all the way to the bottom of the boat. As a result they stayed wet and eventually decayed.
At some point in time this boat had taken a hard hit on the port side, just forward of the front grate. The rail in this area has been spliced, but the individual strips of wood were not matched up and the scarf joint was done almost as a 2:1 instead of the recommended 12:1 scarf joint. In addition, they didn't even make the new strips the same width as the old strips, so they don't even line up! This will have to be removed and replaced. The rail on this boat is made up of two inner strips that are mahogany while the two outer strips are oak.
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