Lake Champlain Launch

Here are some pictures of the newly acquired launch

Here she is, with the cover in place

 Planking seems to be cedar, frames, stem, transom, white oak.

View form aft end

 The metal work hanging down from the transom was to hold the bottom of the rudder and was clearly a new installation to replace what must have been the original. The skeg is held in place by numerous pieces of strap iron.  All must go.

motor mount

 I will take a close up of the frames hardware.  Each joint has a cast iron piece that secures the members, never saw anything like it before but I bet someone will be able to tell me.  Might lead to a clue as to what or who built it.

looking forward

 Not sure what the pipe on the foredeck is for.  Seems to be brass and is threaded, but does not extend below the surface of the decking.

foredeck

 Sadly the coaming got damaged due to rough handling but may be salvageable. the pine planks used to  repair the bottom has some pretty large knots. The frames seem to be white oak as is the transom.  Wondering what the decking and planking are/  Cedar?

showing repairs to flat bottom

Nice piece of work on the cockpit cover. Someone, at some time in the past, loved this boat, and I want to honor that by trying to save her.

cover upside down, nicely made canvas on frame

 The sheer caught my eye and I found it very pleasing.  Funny how that works. Where the green cord passes through the eye is white oak and it is surrounded by a steel strap the extends from 6 inches onto the foredeck, up over the stem and down about 6 inches below the eye.  All seems pretty solid.

nice sheer