We went back up to do some more work on Misterton this weekend. Mary was keen to de-rust and treat the roof, and she did a great job (and will need to continue to do so.... :) The fruits of her labours can be seen here.

My original plan was to try and empty out the front crew's quarters (underneath the front deck) where I plan to put some water tanks. However, that looked too hard, so we set about further examination of the interior. Its not good. The previous owners must've had access to a giant chipboard empourium, as they've used it for both the floors and the walls. This isn't the best material for a boat, so it all has to come out. What was revealed behind looks bad, but really was to be expected - lots of flaking paint and rust on the hull sides.

 Some pictures of the carnage below.

To paraphrase that American Military commander in Vietnam ' we had to destory the boat to save it'