Quick Update

It looks like Spring is properly here and we have some sustainable temperatures. Winter has been quite challenging as temperatures have been very low at night right the way through April. This makes it has been impossible to glue “structural” components. I could rig up a heater but don’t want to risk it cutting out and then worrying about the curing of a key structural component.

However we have progressed some work!

We have finished gluing in the cabin bunk sides and the bunk tops have been roughly trimmed and positioned. Hatch lids have been cut into the bunk tops too. These won’t be fixed into final position and trimmed tidy until we have run the bilge piping and the electrics – just for ease of access.

The galley box has been fabricated and is ready to be put together. It has been prepared to take a dual alcohol stove that I found from a German marine supplier. As Dan Turk suggested, you have to be able to cook bacon and coffee at the same time after all.

The Chart table has been built ready to take a small sink and storage for “charting stuff”, logbook etc. Sink is probably only there for bad weather when you don’t want to be heading outside so much. Rather than draining overboard it will drain into a 10L bottle under the box.

All the framing for the cockpit seats were cut ages ago waiting for the weather to glue them in.

Next I am moving into the forepeak to build the crash box, storage/bunk boxes and look at mounting the marine toilet.

I will then look at the bilge and electrics before a big clean up and priming all the internal areas before moving into the cockpit area.

There’s a good builders conversation going on messenger so always somewhere to turn to for advice and support.

Plenty to be getting on with now the weather has improved. Although we had hail stones yesterday!