The plywood on the port side aft was actually in a little better shape. I got most of what was bad out with no tools at all, and only had to unscrew about 5 screws in the rub rail which remained in place. The lower part was able to be saved, so it looked at first like a small patch job about halfway down the side and about 3 feet from the stern. I got out the circular saw and squared everything up to take a patch. Of course, it turned out to be more complicated than that since the stretcher the plywood screws to turned out to be rotten about 6 feet forward of the stern. With a lot of careful work, chiseling dowel pins out of the top gunwhale it was possible to remove it and replace it with about $20 worth of solid mahogany. This is what she looked like at the end of this work on the port side.
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