RAF Pinnace 1262

Yes I have already e-mailed the owner of Asco and intend to phone him as soon as I know for sure that the 1262 is mine.The Asco is amazing.
  There is a small issue with paper work that has to be attended to by the museum before I can take ownership. Hopefully this wont prove to be a problem.
   I can say that after visiting the 1262 that she is quite bad. Probably about 70% of her structure remains sound.However after repairing her damage a lot of the original structure such as the hull planking will be unusable.so the original structure may be reduced to as little as 30%.
   I would not be surprised if im being optimistic about those figures.
     She needs a new keel and Probably keelson and all chines or large sections of them replaced plus full hull re-planking and new decks.And all of this after she has been straitened out to remove the twist and hog evident in her hull.
     Iv just re-read this post. Maybe I should just walk away now!

Well she has certain advantages over other boats in better condition.
   Though the museum wanted her shifting and had desired some one to collect her once I had a good look at her it was obvious that and form of movement without considerable repairs done first would probably result in her collapsing like a stack of cards.
    I don't think the police would be happy with that happening half way down the A75 !lol.
       So it looks like the museum will accept me working on her at there property. For at last 6 months and possibly longer as some space is due to become available and February is not the nicest time of year to be moving an old boat..As you can imagine this has obvious cost implications! such as saving 4k a year on boat yard/marina fees!! Who knows, a free berth may even become available when its ready to go back in the water.If you add that up over a few years of ownership then I think the 1262 has a hell of a lot going for her.
  As for the survey, well in all honesty I think its redundant. I already accept that most of the hull will have to be replaced or extensively repaired.
   What I really need is boatyard advice on how to do certain jobs.
    Like remove a keelson on a double diagonal. Its not like I can remove the garboard strake. Most of the lower hull planking looks strong( I think the inner layer will be rotten due to rainwater ) But I think I need to keep the planking on to keep her strength as she is lifted off her keel. So that only leaves the option of taking a circular saw to the lower hull planking and cutting a 6 inch wide garboard carefully threw the outer layer of planking and even more carefully threw the inner layer to expose the keelson and the ends of all the frames.
    At least it will let the rainwater out lol

But I guess first I need to have secure ownership before I start the first job of cradling her.(don't even get me started on that one ! )