July 15, 2025 | Smith Island power skiff: Removed and inventoried floor boards, interior cleanout
Author: Don Barker
July 15, 2025 | Delaware ducker: Painted floor and hull, spar work
July 15, 2025 | Cinnamon Girl: Plank pattern making
July 1, 2025 | Cinnamon Girl: Spiling the repair plank
The first photo below shows the pattern made of doors king (1/4″ luaun plywood) that is set in the space of the removed plank. Spacers made of wooden sticks are gluee to this patter baseline and adjusted to touch the upper and lower planks. This fefins the shape of the replacement plank.
Other photos show cypress planks to be used for the replacement.
June 17, 2025 | Cinnamon Girl: Transom repair, interior primer
June 24, 2025 | Small craft exhibit survey
It was nearly 100 degrees outside. Tom, Bob, and Don worked inside the air-conditioned Welcome Center to survey the frequency and size of checks and cracks in the planking of small craft on display. Monitoring the effect of the building’s HVAC system.
June 17, 2025 | 1920 skiff: Moved back to the exhibit
June 17, 2025 | Power skiff: Removed the engine
We removed the engine and moved the skiff out onto the porch for repair and conservation work.
June 10 | Cinnamon Girl: Spars, interior prep
Jim laid on varnish coats 5-8 to the spars.
Jenn and Bob worked on removing screws that held the washboards and the plank that we had removed.
We continued scraping and sanding the interior.
June 10, 2025 | Delaware ducker: More hull paint
