Grand Banks Refit Norfolk Broads 2014 The Haul Out.

Well, the 'Old Girls' out for painting the sides. Its been raining today so no sanding and its been a good time to take a really good look at the 'hidden bits'. Im convinced the planking's all original, the lengths are to exact ,and the butts are all to similar for them not to be. Reviews I read years ago on these Trawlers was correct. The bottoms rarely rot! Almost unheard off on a wooden boat this age!(1972).  Each was meticulously hand built of wood by Asian shipwrights. The hulls were planked with heavy, durable mahogany; the frames were of yacal, a tough tropical hardwood. As I found out last winter, the plywood deckhouse is vulnerable, however, the mahogany planking is virtually bulletproof. Seldom does a surveyor find decay in underwater planking, and when it does appear, it may be wood burn or electrolysis around a through-hull fitting and not true rot.

Here are my pics from last week. Weather permitting she should be out for 2/3 weeks.

Good Bones! 

Replacing the old Zincs for Mags.