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- Choice of Colors
- Construction of the New Gunwale
- Construction of the Deckhouses
- Docking Blocks
- Eight Tree Trunks
- Emmanuel V. Riginos
- False Keel
- “Faneromeni’s” Engine Compatrment
- “Faneromeni's” Instruments
- “Faneromeni’s” Naval Construction Plans
- Fanouris Vasileiou
- First Phase of “Faneromeni’s” Reconstruction…
- Francis Type 2000 Two Speed
- Friends and the Dogs
- George Mytilhnaios
- Greek Vernacular Boatbuilding
- Halkitis Shipyard
- Homeric Cultural Center of the Municipality of Chios
- Ilias Veloudis
- Installation of Balast and a False Keel
- Installation of the Ballast
- Installation of the Onan AC Generator
- Interior Arrangements
- Kanakis
- Keel Change
- Kelvin
- Kokinos Vraxos
- Kostas A. Damianidis
- Koupetoris Shipyard
- Major Overhaul of the Kelvin Engine
- Mastheads
- Mastro
- Modification of the Stern Deckhouse (Pilothouse)
- Name Choice
- Naxos
- Nikitas Prasinos
- Nikos E. Riginos
- Notis Bilias
- Odysseas, a ship from Ithaca, 1837-1841
- Pachos Papastefanou
- Patriarch Bartholomew
- Perama
- Peter Throckmorton
- Recessed Technique
- Reconstruction of the Ribs
- Re-installation, after the overhaul, of the boat’s Kelvin engine and…
- Removal of the Old Bridge
- Removal of the Old Gunwale
- Re-Nailing
- Replacement of the Gunwale
- Replacement of the Keel
- Rolando Rapues Jr.
- Samiopoula
- Schooner
- Several Places in Greece
- Strati Afaloniati
- Stratis Afaloniatis Lumber Yard
- Submerging the Tree Trunks in the Sea
- Thanasis Dritsoulas
- Τhe Sea Remembers
- Tigraki (Little Tiger)
- Transporting the Tree Trunks from Lesvos
- Trunks are Transported to Mastro-Pachos’ Workshop
- Vasilis E. Riginos
- Vasilis Vallas
- Vasilis Zairopoulos
- Viron E. Riginos
- Yiannis Kakouris
- Yiannis Vlassopoulos
Replacement of the Gunwale
When I bought “Faneromeni” her gunwale was already seriously worn down, particularly the bakalaris (μπακαλάρης) that apparently had never been painted, not even when “Faneromeni” was built. Consequently it was rotten—the wood was like a sponge.
At that time I judged that this was not a critical problem, and since its rectification required considerable effort, I decided to postpone repairs for the time being.
But by 2000 it was time to address this issue.
After the successful replacement of the keel by the Koupetoris Shipyard, I did not have to decide whom to commission for this task. So in February of 2000 work on the replacement of the gunwale began at the Koupetoris Shipyard.
(Archive of Nikos E. Riginos)
First the old gunwale was removed, only to reveal a new problem. The tops of the frame ribs, at the point where they meet the gunwale, were worn down and rotten. The rotting bakalaris was the main cause of rot on the ribs. These worn ribs, then, obviously had to be restored before any other work could proceed.
After much thought and many discussions with the shipyard crew and with other experts, I concluded that the ribs should be restored with epoxy resin. During this restoration, my friend Vasilis Zairopoulos played a decisive role because of his considerable experience with epoxy resins. With his own hands Vasilis had constructed a wooden sailboat using this material.
The construction of the new gunwale began after the reconstruction of the ribs. The photographs in the following links illustrate the processes of rib reconstruction and subsequent construction of the new gunwale:
•First, the removal of the old gunwale.
•The reconstruction of the ribs.
•The construction of the new gunwale.
Salamis, April 2000.
(Archive of Nikos E. Riginos)