Saunterer now ready to remove her floors
Date: 13th July, 2015This picture shows how immensely strong Saunterer’s construction was – with sawn oak timbers making up her frames – in some cases three deep, jointed by wooden pegs which could flex and expand as the hull came together – and the natural limitations of the shape of the oak frames overcome by the selection of more than one timber to form the hull shape required…
…now we see the limber holes providing drainage at the lowest part of the bilge when the hull is taken out of the water – with wooden plugs covered over with copper patches (tingles) on the outside of the hull when launched…
…above you can also see the aft “dovetail plate” connecting the lead keel to the keel itself – which stops the keel twisting – these plates were positioned on both sides of the keel, for and aft with bronze rods connecting the starboard and port plates in each case…
…and here you can see the limber holes draining from the lowest part of the hull interior from each side of the keel.
We believe this view of Saunterer’s interior construction has not been seen so clearly for over 100 years…
