Going to try and save the Transom.

 Have made up 7 internal frames, just have to add thickeners for support and fixing.

 All straight , untwisted and level.

 Getting ready for the new keel and keelson.

 Most planks, battens and ribs will need replacing .

 A few nice holes, no wonder she sank!

 Sagging on the STBD side is adding an additional challenge.

 New transom knees required.

Progress on the keel.

Keels off and oh my, now there's a challenge !

3 piece keel, main part 3.5 mtr x 2mm to 230mm x 75 Jarrah.

Split & broken just where the shaft goes though, major scarf and shaping !

Oops, fell off !

We can rebuild, we have the technology !

Another bit, a toss up to replace or repair ?

Dead wood, I think the original rudder may have hinged of this?

Most people would say I'm mad, perhaps! anyway the boat turned up about a month ago, lots of shaking of heads and tut tuts, built a platform of sorts to support and re-aline said boat and the journey begins.

 Found in a paddock on the outskirts of Denmark, Western Australia, discovered that she was built in Fremantle for a local fisherman many years ago, after a sinking she was fibreglassed, twisted, and was doomed for the paddock.

 Fibreglass was de-laminating and upon further investigation found she was batten and seam carvel construction, and ripe for restoration!

 A nice long term restoration has begun and acquired for the right price.

 Even has it's own garden !

 The boat arrives at ours.

 The removal of fibreglass took quite a few days with a couple of very stubborn bits to boot !

 Everything is split, rotten, cracked, broken, twisted and even gone.

Now discovered she has a New Zealand Kauri transom and rudder, Jarrah keel and keelson, Karri ribs and battens and some type of malaysian hardwood planks.

 Knees are shot !

 Not one rib is worth saving.

 Louie standing guard before the removal of the keel.

 Best bit of the boat !

 Keels off, and another horror story, but completely fixable !

There's going to be some complicated scarfing to be done.

 After the keel is repaired, she needs a new keelson and garboard planks.

.Oh dear !