Saunterer gives up her secrets – Part 3 – copper banding lines
Date: 15th July, 2015“Unlike almost any other thing, the hull of a wooden boat conceals under its paint many of its secrets – the life of the boat itself. Here in Darthaven Marina in Dartmouth you could be forgiven for thinking this is another wooden hull going through her ritual and necessary upgrading and restoration.
And indeed the port side …
and the starboard side of the hull…
show much of her life story. A closer inspection shows some of her history of restoration by previous generations…
but this picture…
…reveals the nail holes of a strip of copper banding along her waterline – long since removed – which would only have been positioned in preparation for ice – perhaps for her Baltic cruise in the late 1940s, after which her gaff rig was replaced by her existing bermudan rig.”
The Project Team – 15 July 2015
