Ply, paint and pontoons.

Another week passes by with more progress. We've had some fairly strong winds recently which have prevented any chance of test sailing, so instead we've been cracking on with a few other jobs around the boat. One of them was to move our sailing instruments outside - they used to be in the wheelhouse back in the day but now we've fitted the aft cockpit it makes sense to have our chartplotter, autopilot, wind and depth readings all displayed out there. That meant I got cracking again with some ply and the jigsaw - just waiting for paint now.

We refitted the mizzen boom as well, plus spent some time tightening our rig and getting it setup for test sailing. This week there is zero wind... like literally, four knots at most, but then between Christmas and New Years we're hoping to get out and get the new rig sorted.

What else.... today our pontoon broke. Not just our hammerhead we're on, but the chain holding the main pontoon for 12 boats. Not a big deal, but with the office shut we had to get something done so out came some heavy duty lines and we had everything lashed together to see us through the rest of the weekend. Kinda reminds me of the fun and games we with the Hayling Yacht Co when originally rebuilding the boat, but that's another story.

So that's about it for now. We'll be taking it easy for the next two weeks while Christmas and New Years happens, then as long as we get our test sailing done, the plan is still to get going early in the New Year.

Watch this space...