October 25th

Had my slow shoes on the last days.  Well difficult to get slower progress but at least there was a bit.

Sanded and fitted the cockpit seats and floor that have been glassed on the underside.  The panels are a lot stiffer and should be great once glassed on the top.  They are still loose as want to prefit the rudder fittings and do a bunch of painting on the inside before the final gluing on.

The forepeak has been completely epoxy coated but not painted yet.  I have decided to make the fwd section (under the plywood)  completely foam filled with a fixed but removable hatch for inspection and foam removal.  Hatch has to be fixed down otherwise the foam would float out in a submersion.  The aft half will be for storage - mostly of water and each day that goes by and water is used and the empty sealed bottle is returned the flotation will increase.

Had some fun experimenting with gimbal for cooker.  Drilled lots of holes to get the best gimbal balance with different cooking pot weights and heights on a mock up system..  Dont want it to be like a pendulum and not top heavy.  Dont want my spagetti on my lap.  Im planning to make a pot clamp to keep a pot or kettle fixed on the top of the stove even in rough conditions.  Also hope to make the gimbal fixable at a few angles as well as removable for cooking outside.  I want to be able to use a small frying pan as I love catching and eating fish and that does not go well on a Jet Boil