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Hi,

The saga continues. To clean the debris from the splits in the hull a broken piece of a hack saw blade suitably sharpened was used. Not to put any strain on the hull it was decided not to try and pull the stern and bow sides together just fill the gaps.  These gaps were filled using a standard pack of Araldite, which after being applied to the splits was heated with a hair dryer when it becomes very liquid and with the help of a thin piece of wood to get rid of air bubbles flowed to the bottom of the split.  Some masking tape was used to stop the adhesive from coming out of the side of the split. Alas as the Araldite is very liquid it has to be held level for a couple of hours until it starts to set. This means that almost every split has to be done individually, so it will take some time to complete this part of the restoration.

Take care Tony.

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