14th October

Jumped into the bow compartment this morning with the laser level and marked out bunk level and a little bulkhead.  Made up a template and cut the bhd out and fitted.

Last little bow bulkhead epoxy coated as well as 3rd coat inside dorado box.

Compass support is epoxied in and ready for final fairing.  It will be glassed over at the same time as the deck.

Fired up the steam engine! My 1930s lathe.  

Started making rudder pintles.  Cant get 316 tube for pintles  ( well I can but got to win the lottery first) so drilling out old 25mm stainless prop shaft from my little fishing boat.  First time attacking stainless steel on my ancient lathe.  Fiddled with aluminum and delrin before and Im no expert machinist.  Engineer Google has helped me assisted by Mr Youtube.  So far so good.  Barbecue called so will continue tomorrow.