MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion

In fishing days I wonder how much action this saw

so I walks into the timber merchants and this bloke said "do you want decking...?" Its alright though, I got the first punch in

had a bit of a power tool splurge, some more 'stuff created in the style of McAdam' was drimmered up (from the verb drimmering see - previous post) to the point that maybe a third of the whole boat is denuded and there for the world to see in all its naked woodliness. In area covered at least, in boat length terms it's probably 6 foot!

mostly good as well, few battle scars from the process and only 2 serious bits of rot, one we knew about one a bit of a surprise. The one we knew about is where the deck crosses the rotten deck beam. Turns out the only thing holding that bit of wood in place was the fact it was stuck to the green stuff, and as such came away with it as well, revealing a nice wee hole.

not surprised it was rotten though. Looks a very poor repair from the past. Someones attempt to scarfe in less than 6" of timber, with sod all support for the new bit. couple of iffy looking replacement planks there too, vintage cheap fence rails by the look of them.

the other bit of rot is just a wee(by comparison) spot, conveniently almost on a plank end up near the pointy bit

a few rotten bits to replace but not too many nasty surprises thus far

err... its ventilation, well it is now!

Hmmnn, not sure that hole should be there.

'wood' you believe it there's actually some timber left

And stop press for the angling pages of the Chronicle. Saw a dead shark, floating in the marina as I went in. Least I think it was dead, looked pretty menacing and swear it watched me as I walked by. Was pretty sure I heard a cello playing as well, but that's maybe just the side effects of the chemotherapy, radiationy, makes your poo glow in the dark stuff I've been sprinkling on me cornflakes

cue jaws music... just when you though it was safe to go back in the marina