Post #653904 by mike and marie on Sun, Sep 30, 2012 12:49 PM

Both Wreck Bars have wood plank ceilings and beams. The WB at the Castaways had a much lighter wood than what we see today at the Yankee Clipper, but the YC WB had undergone a few changes in the look and finish of the wood over the years, as we were able to discover through postcards and old live record albums. This is about the oldest one we've found so far, and the wood has a much more rustic, unfinished look than the dark beams of the YC WB as it exists today:

Ultimately we decided to go with the lighter color ceiling of the Castaways WB and the darker beams of the YC WB as it exists today.

And of course the hole from the Yankee Clipper, which meant a few research trips to get the shape right:

After going from photo to paper, we took the freehand drawing and scaled it to size and drew it with chalk on posterboard as a template:

Then we were able to transfer the shape to the paneling that was to be the ceiling:

After tracing the pattern to the panels we used a jigsaw to cut it to shape. Then all the ceiling panels were nailed to the ceiling with liquid nails plus the help of Crabby Joe and his pneumatic nail gun: