9 th February

Been a bit sidetracked.  Decided to paint the inside of our house.  Did manage a few bits on Nuts though.

I drilled and prefitted the mounting straps for the storm drouge on each side of the transom as well as the eyebolt in the bow for towing and anchoring.  Now I can over drill the holes and fill with epoxy and then redrill in the middle of the epoxy. Also did the top pintle of the rudder at the same time (bottom pintle already fitted and finished).

Made some deck stringers and routed and sanded them before epoxying them in to stiffen the deck a bit..  I only made them 35mm thick to avoid head bashing inside the cabin as I am tall.  I plan to put in vertical tubes for handholds (aluminium) inside the cabin.

I did not forget to fit my lucky Madalan coin which is now epoxied in just below the mast step!