Toe rails

Got the last two lengths of the to rails back on today this was an area where Moody did not excel they had been installed with mild steel bolts which had become heavily corroded and some damage had been caused in removing them.
Apart from gluing and filling splits one section had a piece broken away which I built up with some odd bits of teak from my other boat, I had replaced the cockpit bench gratings with Dek King synthetic teak

Toe rail with built up end

After shaping

The port side bow section had had the old mild steel bolt heads cut off leaving some irregular cut outs which I cleaned up and glued some small blocks in before reshaping the top of the rail sorry no pictures I forgot to take them this afternoon.

The port and starboard bow sections were the worst to fit because of the recessed well in the foredeck it meant laying in the cable locker trying to fit the nuts the fact that the gap between the well and the side of the boat was narrower on the port side didnt help however the the job was completed without too many expletives.

All that is required is the bolt holes plugging and the whole lot sanded and varnished it will require some 80 plugs I have purchased a set of plug cutters from tool station they were quite cheap so will see how they get on. 

The section across the top of the transom was glued up from a number of pieces in three layers to accommodate the curve in two planes after 40 years the glue had given up so I stripped it down into its component parts cleaned it all up and re glued it I took a chance and did it at home in the workshop but it fitted more or less perfectly relief all round.

Transom toe rail

I am slowly getting to grips with the rainwater most of the boat is beginning to dry out.