USS Syren 1803 by Dubz

[Dubz]

It started as joke but  .... gnarf ... deconstruction time yeah .... On the port side there were a major flaw with the waterline, imo one of the most important lines and as even my girlfriend has noted it it had to be corrected ... hmpf ..

The masking tape shows the waterline how it kinda should be.



Deconstruction



The result looks much better though, not perfect but better






I indeed coppered in-between keel and false keel. Coppering had two reasons: To avoid the strong retarding growth and to do something against the boring worm. To make it exact the COPPER did nothing against this mussel but the underlying tarred felt or paper layer.

Now there are two point of views about the false keel imo. Just to nail the false keel on the keel would still have been a weak point against the boring word. One argument could be to have the tarred felt or paper in-between, the other that there were copper with the underlaying felt. Based on the mail about the Victory I decided to go this way.


I found out that a mixture of vinegar (acetic?) and salt is a very good mixture to remove the fingerprints. It will also remove the patina (if someone wants this).

It's hard to see here, but maybe



I then did the false keel with a lot of nails



... and started on the rudder ... to drill the hole for the rudder was somehow challenging ...





cheers,

Dirk