4th May

Just a quickie.  Pullpit and bow cleats mounted and drilled and removed for epoxy saturation in the mounting holes.  Epoxy cured.  All shiny and ready to Sika Flex on.  Stanchions all bent and mounting pads and supports cut and drilled - just waiting for me to weld, fit, polish  and drill for epoxy coating on mounting holes to be ready for final fitting.  Then a bit of Dyneema splicing for the rails and done.

Old friend Alex here from Netherlands for a fishing holiday with a friend so checked out my little fishing boat - Eco-  for him to use.  Also been painting garage floor and doing stuff in garden - including destroying my ride on mower - so have more repair jobs to do!

Still waiting for trailer parts to arrive.  Spent my remaining pension fund on antifouling!!

I wanted a white bottom and the only available white antifouling on the island was from a UShip outlet here in Horta.  They have a very good selection of marine equipment and charge the same prices as in Europe even though we are in the middle of nowhere.  I get a small discount as a local boatbuilder and grateful for that -  still scary on every purchase though.

Going with ablative which is easy to remove if  it doesnt work out. Nautix A3.