Summer has been busy, but progress is being made, albeit slowly.  Apparently my last post was the end of May, and here it is mid august.  Sorry about the long wait...

Ribs are pretty much as the last post - I decided that I have replaced enough.  The remaining are correct shape and likely as strong as the new ones.

The stems are redone with a bit of new stem material and a new deck tip on both ends.  A few pics...
 Bow

rotted sections removed

 

epoxy on a new dec/inner gunnel piece

stem extension added to meet deck

trimmed and ready for planking

Stern

a bit more wood to replace

same procedure as the bow

ready for planking

An attempt to repair a split in the stern deck, and re-finish  the trim piece

Note the trim piece split out at the screw, both bow and stern.  I epoxied it back together - the bow seems to have held, the stern needed a small patch of dacron epoxied to the back to keep from re-splitting.

And the planking goes on...
The western red cedar takes a bit more steaming than the ribs, even though it is thinner.  The short sections split easily, especially the ones near the bow.  But, even with the splits I think it is good enough.  The new planks are also a bit proud of the old planks, so a bit of filing and sanding will hopefully get things smooth enough for the canvas.

After planing is on, also needed to add short flooring ribs, and tack the new plank sections to the old short ribs.

That is pretty much the status.  I may come back and fill in some details, but all is pretty much as you would expect - a lot of patience is required.

In summary so far:
strip old varnish
repair ribs
repair stems
replace planking

next up:
sand topsides
varnish topsides
sand and fair bottom
canvas (or dacron)
paint
paddle about
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Me-thinks it will take more than a year to get this done...  Until next time.