1) remove jib boom and bow sprit
2) exploration to find end of frame splices.
b) NEW DECK CLAMPS PORT AND STB.
1) sewed bow together with wire and turn buckles around old frames
2) bent in new clamp using 4 ,3" lifts screwed together then a final 5" piece bolted to create new
1) manufactured jib crane from boom and halyard
2) removal of Planking saving as much as possible
3) started with #4 removed old cut new frames (were cut from full size templates that were generated after three dimensional model was created by electronic measurements made of the hull when ship was in drydock) bolted to new deck clamp and existing ceiling as we replaced fore and aft of #4 we also installed new deck beams thus reinstating the bows integrity.
4) after replacing #2 through #10 Stb. side and the first 5 deck beams ship stable to start bow