Hard at work

After a rather a rather enjoyable holiday and the completion of annual maintenance on Bobtail's younger sister, the old girl is back in a clean and tidy workshop.

Progress was delayed by unscheduled repairs to N3232 after an unfortunate incident with a small keelboat which was all my fault!

There are 384 little squares of plank, 46 ribs, 14 knees, 2 side beches, a thwart and a centreboard case to sand flat, then 2 more coats of varnish to apply in the search for the perfect finish..... Thank goodness she is only 12 feet long.

The ends of my fingers are worn smooth from sandpaper but I think the results are worth it.

This will be the last chance I have to work on the majority of the inside planking as the new decks will be fitted when we come back from racing at Thorpe Bay.