Good on you Ray . Let’s say on my next birthday i won’t be in the seventies any more,  it will be welcomed to the eighties . Thankfully both myself and my better half are in fine condition so you all will have to put up with me waffling on for quite a while. Any way it early morning over here and your post has put a smile on my face.

Regards Mick East aka eastie

Frames traced out and positioned on ply sheet the most economical way ,as a young lad said to me at my local hardware supplier when questioned about the rapid rise of price of plywood (“it doesn’t  grow on trees you know”)I suppose he’s right technically  but still put a smile on my face

The building jig is made, the rib/frame spacing calculated and frames mounted . A good lesson was learnt from my previous build and instead of sticking the mounts to the building board I screwed them from underneath to make it easier to remove the hull after framing. The keel angle looks odd but looking at the builders blue print it’s exactly as it should be

The first coat of resin on after sanding , now more sanding and another coat of resin, and sand some more with layer of body filler sand again, repeat  until all the imperfections are gone . Tedious work but essential if your looking for a good finish to the hull I reckon. I don’t normally glass mat the out side of the hull instead I put a layer of very light layer of mat/tissue on the inside to seal everything. You will notice my constant companion Mr milo dog, he’s a dear little fellow who unfortunately is blind due to being diabetic (strict diet control and insulin injections morning and night ) . Amazingly he gets around with out bumping into things , vet says it’s inbuilt canine radar. We can all learn a lot from animals they adapt and just get on with life.

Regards Easty

I’ll second that Richard , Mr Milo Dog is an amazing creature,  he’s seven years old and has only recently become blind but he doesn’t let that get in the way of him living his life to the full . To be honest unless you are aware of his condition you wouldn’t know  he is blind.

A update on progress so far . The hull has numerous coats of primer and sanding back after each one , I’m happy with the hull finish so it’s now ready for final coats of satin black and anti foul red. The fore deck has been planked and I’m now in the process of cutting out card templates of the superstructure . I habitual do that as it’s cheaper to see mistakes in card before committing to plywood ( it’s the limited income  pensioner coming out in me lol). I’m going to have a enforced break for a couple of weeks as we are flying to Canberra to attend my beautiful granddaughters wedding to Sam a really nice man ( they are both members of the Royal Australian navy. He’s a PI instructor and she’s in logistics .) So we’re pretty excited to be going there