Progress by Troy.

It’s five months after surgery and the right wrist is beginning to be useful. It is a great feeling.

Thankfully I’ve had the funds and Troy has had the time to see some progress in my down time. He has completed the cabin top, it is fully laminated (one layer of 5mm with groves to simulate panelling, and two diagonal 4mm x 200mm strips. Now its all dry and trimmed, Troy has removed it off the boat to enhance access as we move into the next stages.

Next was nutting out the cabin sides and deck relationship, something that is not overly obvious. Do the sides sit on the deck, or does the deck push up to the sides? Turns out the CnC cut pieces fit best with they sit sitting on the deck. Not wholly traditional, but when ‘glassed up with fillets, it won’t matter.

Troy joined the cabin sides to make single pieces, and his join is exquisite. I had planned a simple butt join, but he has rebated and ‘glassed the joins into invisibility.