In the early morning rain I went about preparing some inside jobs including rearranging a support so that I could complete the shelving in the quarter berth. When the rain stopped I moved outside and did a final fairing of the stringers up past the mast step ready for planking. Two of the crew from Passion arrived through the morning and by midday we were well into the first layer of 6 mm plywood on the radius chine.
Passion crew helping build the Didi 40 Cr on a sunny Sydney afternoon
With the jobs shared out between marking, cutting, planing and drilling work progressed at a pace and to a high standard. Two extra pairs of eyes were good at spotting places where an extra cleat was need to hold the ply down and by 5 pm we had nine planks fitted and glued. We are now well forward of the 800 mm radius at the mid saloon station and are moving up to the front berth and still managing to bend the 6 mm sheets into position. Two extra pairs of hands helped and it will be interesting to see how I manage alone on the other side of the hull.
The photo at the end of the day shown the extent of planking on the starboard side and also shows four planks of the second layer at the stern of our Didi 40 Cr.
About a third of the way through planking the radius chine of the Didi 40 Cr