Joe wrote:
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

The board was removed early in her life as was the top 25 feet of main
mast. She originally had cement and steel punchings for ballast but
that was replaced 3 years ago with lead pigs. She is much stiffer now
than before. I have sailed her in both configurations. We did a
complete inclining experiment with her in 2002 and the C of G dropped
almost 2 feet when the lead was put in.

With respect to the replaced steel, the corrosion was from the inside
out. I guess that in 1921 they didn't have great paint and preservation
of steel and the corrosion from sweating was extensive. Now we have
insulated it so it should last another 85 years.