Deepening The Rabbet

The original Rabbet was a bit narrow with, it seems, no fastenings. At a later stage someone had added galvanised screws. No doubt she leaked like a basket under sail.

The line for the deepened rabbet was easily marked with the help of a laser.















Once the line was marked the long slow job of cutting the rabbet could begin.

However life is too short so a router was used to speed things up.

Rabbet being cut with router.

To get the proper angle of cut, it should be normal to the section curve at the keel, two battens were screwed to the keel and as the router moved along the keel the changing bevel was accurately cut into the wood.