The sugar scoop stern ready for fibreglass, paint and a name
Glass reinforcement under the winch bases. One is finished the other still has a few layers to go
Like the cattle herd that stampedes towards the water hole I can smell the water and am pushing hard to get the yacht completed. I wanted to see what the stern would look like once finished so I pushed hard to get a photo opportunity late today. Ron gave me a hand on Friday to glue the panels he had cut into place. I had planned to leave the glue to cure for a couple of days but Friday was so warm and warm so late in the night that the glue was rock solid by Saturday morning. That gave me the chance to glue on the capping pieces and let them cure over Saturday night. By late afternoon the glue was cured enough for me to trim the excess and take the photo as the sun was going down. The reinforcement for the winch based under the cockpit coamings is also completed so tomorrow after a final sand I will coat the insides with epoxy primer. On the exterior the woodworking jobs to go are the mast step base, two cabin hatch surrounds and the detail around the companionway, the locker lid and the gas bottle compartment lid. These are not too complicated so we shall see how we progress this week. There are still toe rails to do so perhaps I should make up my mind what timber to us and order it. I have started to buy fittings so that we can drill the holes and locate the areas that need reinforcement. I want to add any under deck reinforcement before I paint the underside of the deck.