David and John got back to work on Mahdee the first of October. Of course I was away taking care of things back in Maryland/DC. Many of the old deck beams had rot and rusty fasteners in them. We’re replacing the sawn deck beams in kind. There isn’t much camber to the beams.

In the picture below, John is removing rusty bolts from one of the old tamarack knees that will be reused with the new deck beams. Some knees were replaced due to rot. You can see a partially rotted deck beam right in front of where he is working, too.