Monday was the coldest Australia Day in Sydney for 50 years and the cold and wet has continued thwarting my plans to start skinning the hull. In the forced lull I have fitted four of the six locker shelves in the quarter berth. If the wet persists I will adjust the frame support and complete the last two shelves and perhaps the locker fronts as well.
Plan B for an extended wet period is to complete the shelves in the saloon. I have already completed the shelves either side of the chainplate supports so there are four more shelves that could be installed and I and can complete the locker fronts if I get desperate for jobs.
The tarpaulins are doing a great job of keeping the hull dry and the underside of the cockpit is proving to be a great workbench. It is reinforced with 450 grams per m^2 of biaxial glass in West epoxy so the plywood is well protected.
Fitting quarter berth shelves is an ideal wet weather task.
The underside of the cockpit has proved to be a great workbench.