Forecastle

View into the ceiling of the forecastle, showing the handmade bolts holding the skegs and knees to the carlings and beams.

The three rubbing strakes at extreme right are hand-formed and radiused from aluminium, and pinned to the timber strakes below with brass pins.

The mast-box can be seen below the mast, and allows the mast to be lowered onto the crutch. This process can be carried out on the model, in the same way as on the original vessel.