A great weekend thus far interspersed with periods of utter frustration.
First up, welded a piece of stainless rod onto the anchor. Our anchor catches the bowsprit cable every time we haul it in so the new piece of stainless should help the anchor slide along it and settle into it's holder ok. Hopefully.
Next, our plan was to keep the two kayaks on the swim platform while underway. I managed to squeak one on there, but the second is going to need to live [.....]
Another weekend closer to departure ticks by. This weekend I needed to change the ally angle that was supporting the steering cables for thicker mild steel, and also fitting the wood to the swim platform.
The mild steel angle fitted up amazingly quickly (for a boat job anyway), so it was time to crack on with the swim platform. We re-bolted the steel supports and sealed everything with a touch of 5200, then fitted the hardwood planking.
A light trim later and I'm relatively happy with [.....]
Another weekend, more progress on the boat.
First up was painting the forward and aft trim I fitted back in November. It's one of those jobs I've been meaning to do, and finally got around to actually getting it done.
Saturday morning dawned and I went off to collect our packages from the boat yard office. The swim platform steel had arrived, as had the new waste tank (and a whole lot of other little bits & pieces).
The steel arrived in five pieces, with [.....]
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