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Update From the Boatyard: Patrol Boat Restoration Continues

Hot chine polank on steaming jig 2_15_15

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Riverkeeper’s patrol boat is undergoing ongoing winter restoration and maintenance at our home port, Westerly Marina in Ossining. We are re-planking the bottom in sections, season by season. This weekend, boatbuilder Chris Brennan was steaming the port chine plank – the lowest plank on the side of the hull, where it meets the bottom. Steaming the white oak plank allows it to bend, take on a new shape and fit more comfortably into place on the boat.

Steaming port chine plank – in a steam box:

Steaming port chine plank 2_15_15

Chine plank clamped to bending jig and cooling:

Hot chine polank on steaming jig 2_15_15

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