4th September

Glued and bolted the lead halves onto the keel plate this morning.  Considered using a soft mastic to fix the lead on but decided to epoxy it on.  I have no plans in the future to ever remove the lead from the plate so hopefully it is stuck on forever.  All the parts were manageable by hand before bolting it all together but burst some blood vessels lifting the keel vertical for the filling process. (Glued and bolted it on its side.)

Next job is to do a touch up filling and sand and slap some more primer on.  Then I will weigh it and set it aside till just before launching.  I figure it will be a bit overweight. The lead halves were a few kilos over the 50 and used 6mm instead of 5mm for the steel mounting plate also lots of zinc and epoxy.  We shall see.