All the floor bearers in the rowing boat were removed because they were not fixed down enough to take the loading that they are going to have put through them when they are going to be used as part of the bracing for the hull when the engine beds are made and fixed to them to make up a matrix for the hull.
The first job is to remove all the old fibreglass matting and the old paint and let them dry out so when they go back in the boat they can be glassed into the hull so that they are bonded to the hull correctly
They have a lot of old material fixed to them sealant and fibreglass and resin and a lot of paint
Now all the paint is removed it is time to sands them down back to bare wood and let the air get to the wood so it can now dry out
All sanded and now just got to let them dry out and then put to one side while the rest of the boat gets worked on. The next job on the boat is to remove the rest of the old paint off the gunwales and the thwarts and aft seat and then set the boat up on a build stock to get the boat level and square before get the hole bored for the stern tube.
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