Oh yeah, did you see the refit pictures on his website?
They did replace alot of steel. After looking at the details of the
work it looks like they did a good job.

However the flair of the hull in what looks like a torpedo belt has me
puzzled. at first I thought someone scabed on plate, but the detail
pictures show that as an original feature to the hull. Could have been
added after the board was removed.

His hull is close to mine in shape and design, except I do not have
the cut away fore foot and I have a bow that fares a bit more to keep
the decks dryer . I hope my bilge will last another 40 yrs before I
have to go thru a yard and deal with replacing plating.

I also wonder why they decided to remove the board, cost to much to
replace the trunk I guess. She'd stand up allot straiter .

And I wonder what they used for ballast?

Still it's a very cool boat I'd love to sail on. She's a lot sleeker
and faster than the Elissa here in Galveston.

http://www.mindspring.com/~lindysisk.../elissa5-l.jpg

She's another fine steel hull..

Joe