Time to Destroy the Aft Deck!!- Wooden Tahiti Gaff Cutter -Episode 052-Slowly Sailing

In this episode, I decide, after putting it off for awhile, to take drastic measures to repair significant structural rot under the aft deck by demolishing it, to allow making repairs from above. I also decided, after a lot of hemming and hawing, to replace the teak-over-ply with solid planks, most likely made of black locust, and with a much simpler layout (even though the original design was lovely). Not an easy decision, and a lot of work, but it will make for a better repair, and I will have a nice new deck, good for another 50 years, maybe. It is also very likely the other two sections of the deck will be replaced the same way, but in the future, after Nina returns to the water. Thanks for watching; comment/like/share/subscribe! Please consider becoming a Patreon patron! https://www.patreon.com/SlowlySailing Slowly Sailing is also accepting donations via Paypal https://paypal.me/SlowlySailing Or you can just buy me a coffee... https://ko-fi.com/slowlysailing The Slowly Sailing theme music was written, performed and produced by me, Sean Morrissey- all rights reserved.