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At this stage of construction, they had finished planking the outer hull and had installed the forward part of the main deck.	The junk sat under an enormous makeshift canopy.	"This caulking material, along with hemp strands, was pounded into the cracks to seal the junk." - Marco Polo
"....caulked inside and out with a material made of quicklime and oil." - Marco Polo.	The partially completed vessel looked beautiful sitting there atop a wide variety of old, bent, fifty gallon drums and wooden support structures.	Underway in San Diego.
Docked in Ventura.	Sampan on stern.	Getting ready for sea trials.
Author at the helm during sea trials.	Moving the junk prior to launch.	Head looking aft.
Repainting the tiger in San Diego.	Repairing the tiger in San Diego.	Grappling anchors on the bow.
Author - Walter Hackman (Mr. Walt)	Underway.	Underway in San Diego.
Galley looking forward.	Construction Crew.	Caulking the bow.
Getting ready for sea trials.	Underway in San Diego.	Notes.
Page from authors journal.	Early in construction.	On the Yangtze.
Galley looking starboard.	Galley looking forward.	Stateroom looking aft.
Head looking aft.	Underway in San Diego.	Underway in San Diego.
Underway.	Pilot house and main deck forward.	Underway in San Diego
Docked in Long Beach.	Docked.	At the dock in Long Beach.
Prior to launch.	Launch Day.	On the Yangtze River.
Underway in San Diego.