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• Sawmill
  24' larch log being sawn for planking
• Mold making
  Shapes of molds traced from loft floor
• Setup
  Molds attached to backbone
• Ribbands
  Ribbands wrapped around molds, oak frames fitted
• Garboard
  Planking begins - here a garboard is cut and ready to be steamed in...
• Topsides
  Garboards fitted, planking now proceeds down from the sheer
• Planking
  Planking goes on (and on)...
• Nearly there...
  View of the port bow, just one plank to go
• Shutter plank
  The last plank is eased into place
• Inside the hull
  View of the inside of the completed hull, looking towards the bow