July 2024 : Cockpit , Side Decks & Stainless Steel Fabrication

 Back in the cockpit area 

Doublers in the aft quarter for cleats , rails & pad eyes for sea brake, warps etc  

G10 backing pad (green) for backstay fitting

Hatch into aft watertight compartment (at bottom of pic ) & doubler pad for cockpit manual bilge pump

Cockpit seat faming, side deck doubler & framing 

Electric bilge pump fittings & hose to transom outlet

Filling & fairing for the keel

Stainless steel fabrications begin, 2 x bilge pump outlets in transom

Stanchions made from recycled bimini frames

Building the pulpit rails ( Gary Hardy : Ironbark Engineering )

Stainless bowsprit  construction 

Long time friend & Shipwright Peter ( Stork ) Taprell sorting the lead bulbs