Real steel!

The last of the ribs and frames have come back from the smithy....

And these will be fitted next week... But here's a look at some that we have done...

With nice neat rows of bolts from WESTFIELD.....

Soon we start some woodwork!

Treasure!

Before removing the final ribs ánd frames, I had to remove the mast step.
This proved to be quite a difficult jobb... Having been fastened by the builders with screws, then re-fastened by someone with bolts! But in the end it came free and some of the floors associated with it... All the floors will be replaced as they are quite rotten!
But the mast step itself looks good after a little cleaning....

While cleaning it up I found the original coin from IrisII launch - a 5 öre from 1901

Obviously this will be going back when we re-launch, along with a current coin.