During 2001, I have done a lot of work on STOUT. This page shows the result at the end of the year. The work continues...

I have STOUT in a machine shed on the countryside just outside Lund. With the heavy-duty wagon, she can be moved with a truck or a tractor. (She is lifted a bit to take the weight off the wheels during winter)

Scraping paint inside:

Using a heat gun, I spent many hours getting the old paint off. Then I sanded the hull and frames to get a raw surface that can be treated with linseed oil.

Left: In the forepeak, the hull has many replaced planks (not made of oak..) Right: Under the port berth in the cabin

 I will cover upp the whole thing with the interior and with panels, so that the treatment can be repeated every third year or so...

Dismantling the cockpit:

The bulkhead to the cabin was competely rotten. I removed all the mahogany trimmings (carefully, but still cracked some of them) and then tried to release the sodden plywood in one piece (so that I can use it to make new panels...)

I then continued to remove the whole cockpit (which was also rotten in places). With this removed, I will be able to access the hull on the side of, behind and under the cockpit. These parts have not been cared for in many years, it seems.....

	Left: The cockpit from the aft. The bulkhead to the cabin is gone (cabin floor is seen... Right: view from the cabin roof.
	A lot of stuff is piled on the deck and cabin...
	Left: Propeller shaft. Right: Cockpit from inside the cabin. On the left side one can see that the cabin lining is rotten where the bulkhead was.
	Left: The cockpit bulkhead pieces... Right: Cockpit aft starboard side. The hull under the side deck can now be accessed (scaped and oiled)

Engine:

The gear has stuck in reverse, so I need to lift the engine out and have it overhauled.

While the engine is gone, I can access the bilge and clean it up. I will also paint the whole bilge with red lead powder paint.

Other things:

The pinrails and belay pins were black, having been treated with linseed oil and tar. I scraped this off and found Teak! After the first layer of linseed oil, the result looked like this:

The wooden blocks were also black from tar. I have scraped a few and had them lying in raw linseed oil over night to saturate the wood. I will then apply boiled linseed oil to build up a surface....

Go to pages for 2002!