Drying out and repairing frames

[Simon1974]

I’ve recently acquired Captain Moonlight which is a Paul Whiting design from 1976. The boat has been in a garden for a number of years and there was a cow churns worth of water extracted. The boat feels wet and needs drying out. The mast step frame looks like it is rotten but I need to really dry the boat out before I can work out if CM is salvageable.
Any hints on drying out and repairers in the South West, Sherborne way.

I’d like to restore the boat but I need to be sensible

 

[Simon1974]

I’ve recently acquired Captain Moonlight which is a Paul Whiting design from 1976. The boat has been in a garden for a number of years and there was a cow churns worth of water extracted. The boat feels wet and needs drying out. The mast step frame looks like it is rotten but I need to really dry the boat out before I can work out if CM is salvageable.
Any hints on drying out and repairers in the South West, Sherborne way.

I’d like to restore the boat but I need to be sensible

 

[DownWest]

Wow.. What wood for the planking? Doe's look like you have a quite uphill job. Keith 66 might be along soon, as he knows a heap about this.

 

[Poignard]

First thing I would suggest is to get the paint stripped off to expose the bare wood.