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Into the home stretch now...

I've been away from this blog for a few weeks. Went to Paris! And then when I returned I completed the finishing but was so upset about it that I didn't feel like blogging over it. Ugh...

The finishing was very frustrating. For whatever reasons I just couldn't get it right this time. My first two boats look better than this one. Just can't get a glossy finish. There are pits too. Just not my best work.

But I had to finally just stop trying to mess with it and move on to the rigging. This part so far is going better... phew.

Here's the backstay arrangement I came up with.



Also finished the mast by installing the spreaders (they're crooked though! Ugh... not doing well lately!) and the upper tangs. Then today I installed the shrouds onto the mast and left them extra long so I have something to work with when I install the bottom hooks to the rack.


You can see that I've also glued on the neoprene to the underside of the hatch. We'll see how well it keeps the water out. Fingers crossed on that one. The neoprene has proven very hard to trim. It just squishes out of the way and won't cut. Pretty sloppy job. But the entire boat is pretty sloppy so par for the course I guess! :-P  

More later!


Peace!   _/)



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