Preparation for move.

So, a move to the Medway is planned. This meant stripping off the wheelhouse roof and upper parts as it was probably too rotten to survive the road journey from Gosport to Hoo Marina.
The wheel house roof was curved hardwood, the same as the Saloon roof, so the plan was to re-use this roof to extend the existing to also cover the cuddy cabin, thereby "raising the roof" within the cuddy cabin. The roof section was thereby slid down timbers to be strapped to the main roof. I cannot describe adequately, just how heavy this section of roof was !!!

The resulting open wheelhouse was made as watertight as possible with tarpaulins.