3rd May

Been lazy this morning but postie brought welder bits so got welding this afternoon.

Pintles almost finished.  A few touch up spots then the acid weld pacifying and can do a bit of a polish.  Takes ages to get a good finish but not mega fussy.  I dont need a mirror for shaving 😃 - wasnt called "Yeti" for nothing.  I will jack up the stern a bit and prefit the rudder so I can epoxy the bolt holes before spray painting.  

Weather looks like it will be OK second half of next week.  Will only take a few hours to do all the masking and prep for spraying the hull but keeping the deck clear at the moment for doing other things.  Lowered the LWL to 100mm above DWL.  Figured it would look a bit better than 120mm.  Boot top stripe will just about touch the chine amidships.