Now that summer sailing is winding down I have been concentrating on the boatbuilding. The extra two and a half days a week have been put to good use and for a lot of the period the weather has been very kind.
By Tuesday the fine weather will have given way to a week of rain so I am charging ahead with the hull painting and have just the second top coat to go to finish the topsides.
On top of the to do list is the rudder foil which will be a nice indoors job if the weather is a wet as forecast. Close behind is the ice box foam and the last piece of the galley top. The gallery components are being finished in the workshop so that then can be screwed or glued as appropriate into the hull in a finished condition. That will allow me to paint the surfaces on the flat which gives a better gloss with no chance of runs. I have decided to attach the engine enclosure top and starboard side with screws so that they can be removed in the future if access is needed to the motor. For regular services the smaller access doors will do.
At the rear of the engine enclosure is a removable panel which has yet to be made but the side panels have been finished ready to accept the rear one.
A short list of remaining wood work includes the top hatch cover, a base in one of the hanging lockers, a door for the vanity in the head and laminating the tiller.
When the woodwork is out of the way there is still some glassing to do including inside the water tanks and over the rudder when finished.
On the painting front there are the timber beams to varnish and ths non skid to do on the deck.
As for the work completed in the past three weeks I will include that information in the captions on the pictures below.
