I finished my last model boat build for the spring on March 31, so on April 1 I started on my spring "real boat" projects. The first project is to replace some planking on my 1936 power boat Tortuga that went bad over the winter due to a deck leak. So far this week I have been putting on one plank a day. I have four to go and hope to be finished with planking by April 15 (depending on weather). Once the bad topsides planks have been replaced, I will rebuild the leaking decks.