> Having done the job, I was quite impressed with the guy who was driving
trunnels (tree nails, Jeff) through planks into frames of the hull.  They were a
little lower than waist height and where the hull curved in, so he had to swing
up.  Easy motion, stopping to laugh a little, then more swinging.
>
> And watching the guy caulking and how easily the string of oakum just followed
along and made it into the seam ready for the next strike.
>
> Yow
>
> Ed Minch
>
    I was impressed with these skills too. I was also a little surprised 
to be seeing traditional mallets. Do you think that were doing that for 
ambience, even then? Or just the last of the old crew?

I have an 8' prybar, 400 pounds is nothing. I bet you could lift that 
keel enough to clear with a 36" bar. You would only be lifting one end
  yours scott

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