A six hour session today and I cracked on with final fit and gluing of the tumblehomes on the starboard hull, all went relatively painlessly apart from one that got away from me as I was offering it up and in the process of trying to catch it I got epoxy mix on my arm, neck and forehead. I don’t recommend this as acetone isn’t the ideal thing to use to wash with! I also sanded, filled and first coated the underside of the cabin roof section. All in all a very satisfying session, not least because I’m that much closer to finishing these bloody tumblehomes!

Cabin Roof Filled & First Coated

Starboard Tumblehomes - Done!

It’s been really hot again today so I took advantage and sneaked in a couple of hours to sand down the first epoxy coat and get a second one on while it’s still warm and calm. I’ll now be able to crack on and start fitting them permanently next session. Although I’m a ways off that stage yet my thanks go to Martin Hivon for tagging up that there is an error in the plans regarding the length of the forward crossbeam, it’s shown too short apparently, an error now acknowledged by JWD. I’ve amended my drawings already so I don’t forget when I get there.

Well we had a super road trip to Whitby, Holy Island and Edinburgh and the Landy ran beautifully apart from fracturing a power steering pipe at Gretna Green on the way back. There was nothing I could do with it so I drove the rest of the way with very heavy steering. No doubt some Series owners out there will mock the fact that I had power steering in the first place!

Two decks with first coat of epoxy

Anyway that was last week and this week I’ve been super busy with my business and just didn’t get a chance to get to the barn. My hand was forced today though as some tree felling down the lane meant that I had no electricity for most of the day so I couldn’t work at home anyway.

The weather has turned this week and it was 23′C in the epoxy shack this afternoon, very pleasant indeed. I had a good work session and got the starboard deck and tumblehomes nicely dry fitted then took both deck section off, inverted them and got the first coat of epoxy on what will be the forecabin deckheads (ceilings). Much easier to do this now than try and work overhead in a cramped cabin.

As I said in the title of this post I don’t know where the time goes., in two weeks time we’re off to Portugal for 10 days, a holiday that seemed an eternity way not so long ago. Ah well it’s all good and I’ll be making sure that the next two weeks are super productive