Ceiling - starboard

Back to Sweden after Xmas.

Evening after arrival I found few hours to visit the boatyard and check if boathouse and my workshop are in good shape. They are.
I’ve installed starboard side ceiling in the main cabin. Owatrol shiny spots are visible on few planks so I tried to catch them with 240-grid sanding paper but the effect was bad. Then, following my father’s advice, I tried buffing the surface with soft pad but there was no effect at all. Well - so be it.

Ceiling planks were mounted in the same spots as originally, using old screw holes in the ribs. I had to only make them deeper as bronze screws I’m using are a tad longer than originals. One needs to be careful with them as any torque is killing them instantly, even with hand tools. Week point, as always, is at the end of threading.

Luckily it was so late that my cursing was not heard by anyone in the boatyard: I happened to break three such screws, resulting in dismounting the whole plank, removing screw remainings and doing all again, very carefully.

The result is fine although I don’t quite like uneven spacing between planks. It must have been like that from the beginning. Probably due to original dark stain on these planks it was not so visible.