The Papendick Family's restoration of our James Silver "Western Isles" Motor Sailer "Chance"

This video is a follow up to the last video to detail the work we are going to have to do to replace the hog/keel on Chance.
How much of the aft end of the boat we are going to have to dismantle to be able to remove the hog/keel. The job is going to involve shoring up the aft cabin with props off the hog/keel. Then we will remove the all the aft teak deck planking, all the aft deck beams, and then remove the steering gear and turning blocks on either side of the boat. then remove the rudder tube and shaft and rudder so that we can then remove the lower part of the rudder tube out of the hog/keel and replace the hog. While we are doing this the sternpost/knee and other frame work will be removed and new parts made up out of the oak stock we have back at J-Star Marine Services yard. WE will also pattern up and made new parts of frame which are missing on the starboard side and temporary fit new frames to the starboard side to get that side back to its correct shape.

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I can almost hear the strains of Bernard Cribbins' "Right Said Fred..." as a backdrop to your narrative...

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I think it was "Simon says" we can do it.