10th November.

Lousy weather in the Azores at the moment.  Nice and warm but windy and rain.  Shut the workshop door and turned the music up and got busy.

First job was to glass the stabilizer fins and then jumped into the bow with sandpaper and gave the forepeak a good sand.  After lunch epoxy primed the forepeak below bunk level as well as the underside of the ply that will be glued on when painting is finished.

The forepeak ply and tabs on the work bench.  Tomorrow I can remove the peel ply on the tabs and clean them up and shape and glass the ends.  Also hoping to give the primer a quick wizz over with fine sandpaper and a second coat.

Set up the anti lung killing ventilation system for epoxy painting in the forepeak.  The end of the tube goes over my head and I get nice fresh air and keep cool with no fumes.

Cut and fitted cockpit reinforcing strips that will be glued in when ready for fixing the cockpit seat.  Still lots of painting and fittings to drill and prepare for mounting before I close up the area.