restoration of old sailing barge.ch4 8 pm tonite NM.

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I thoroughly enjoyed it.

However I thought it was amusing how little time they gave to the watertightness of the hull, I would have thought that would have deserved more time than the deck!
 

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In theory the hull will look after itself after a tide or so, as the planks swell. The deck will leak nasty fresh rotty rainwater and so is more important to get watertight. Poor Mr Hurst feeling queasy - maybe it was clever camera work but to me the old barge looked steady as a rock!
 
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