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Here were our recommendations:

After the initial "discovery" phase, there were a few more issues to address:

At some point in the boat's history, the bottom was replaced and the inner ply was replace with plywood. At that time the outer planks were re-milled and re-hung making the outer planks much thinner than original. In addition, 80% of all plank ends have multiple fastener splits in them. Therefore, we recommended: