2.10 Reinstall Removed Hardware and Equipment
Put the boat back together.
One
thing I would do if we ever do this again is to make detailed sketches and take
photographs of the installed locations of all hardware and wooden parts, before
removing them. When four months
pass between removal and reinstallation, what looked logical and easy to
remember during removal suddenly becomes a giant puzzle when time to reinstall,
when all you’ve got is a pile of wooden parts and cans full of hardware and
fasteners.
Keeping
detailed records of the diameter, length, and type of metal of all removed
fasteners (bolts, nuts, washers, screws) would have been smart, as it was often
difficult, during re-assembly, to figure out what fasteners went where. Since some of these fasteners broke during
their removal, measuring and recording the measurements before removing
the fasteners would also have been a great idea.