Holes in the boat

This weekend I found myself tearing into my hull with a chisel. Turns out that the soft wood found when reefing the seams is from iron sickness. I'm sure it’s from the leaking between the chainplates and deck getting to the old fasteners. In the light of fixing the problem *and* the source of the problem, I believe i have my bases covered with my previous installation of spiffy bronze chainplate covers. yesss...

So I attacked it with sharp things and carved out the nasty wood.

So now I have the rough holes dug out to put in the dutchmen. Next is to fashion the replacement wood and fine tune the fitting.