Hi. Thought it was about time you guys had a Cambria update. We last met the barge really, just before Christmas, but obviously the shipwrights have been working away while we've been AWOL and there's some great progress.
As usual, I'm never sure what order trhese pics will appear in, in the final blog but we have ...
1) a good view up into the space just for'd of the transom (red painted flat stern with ladder hanging up on it). You can see that the area is now completely beamed out (curved, white painted timbers running across full width (ie the "beam") of the decks) and is getting its first layer of planking.
2) I confess ignorance of the name of this new curved plank on the top of the starboard bow, running out along the top of the (white painted, upper sides, ("wales") from the (vertical white "stem" (front-most timber) to where the first deck-beam comes in. I will check and get back to you.
3) Finally a nice shot rear-wards (aft) from the main mast deck looking down into the long hold hatchways. When she's finished, this will be basically a hi-tech classroom area, the barge being among other things, a floating educational facility showing the history of trade around the coast and Thames.
So, there you go. Sorry no posts recently. There's been precious little happening of late, and we got bored of telling you about walks in the Rec etc.
Deefski
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