The last two weeks I've been dismantling a 45 ft on deck, 80 year old racing schooner. Don't worry, the boat was floating firewood when I got it. A person would have literally had to disassemble the entire boat and replicate every piece to have something seaworthy. A real shame because if properly taken care of these old boats would last almost forever.
At the left is what I started with. I think it is 56 ft with the bowsprit and pushpit.
This is what's left. A very large pile of kindling wood, 10 ft of the backbone, which comes off Monday, and 9000 lbs of lead keel. I'm shipping the lead to a foundry in Seattle to be made into a keel for some one elses boat .... at a very good price for me. It was a lot of work and my hands are tired and raw, but now atleast I'll have the money to have my boat shipped here.
Ended up finding a local foundry where I got more per lb and only had to drive it about 5 miles. I had fun cutting it into 5 pieces with a chainsaw .... took me 2 days.
