11th October

Cleaned up and sanded ventilation dorado box and compass mount.  Once inside epoxy fillets are cured I can shape the outside and epoxy saturate the whole catastrophe.

Starboard bunk (well part of it) is all glued and filletted in.  My stbd bunk will be over 3m long.  There will be no fixed chart table but a mobile system which will enable me to sleep in 4 different locations.  Only one on the port side but fwd or aft on the stbd side and on the floor in extreme conditions.  Also a location for a chemical toilet as hope to sail around the islands with my wife before the single handed Atlantic Challenge and dont expect her to "bucket and chuckit".  My stainless steel (316 order) should be arriving soon so I can start on the rudder pintles and chainplates etc. Had a very fast reply from Janusz (the naval architect who designed the Setka and is running the Atlantic Challenge) about  changing the profile of the rudders trailing edge to accommodate a trimtab and still comply with the rules.  He sent me a lot of information which is very usefull and allowes me to do the mods I would like to do.  Nothing spectacular but just straightening out the trailing edge and keeping the rudder area about the same. Thank You Janusz!  I am looking forward to experimenting with lots of different home made self steering systems when the time comes.  Maybe more fulfilling than watching conspiracy theory chanels on Youtube.