Friday, December 17, 2021

Finishing off

There were a few tasks to be done before the build was complete. Despite almost incessant rain over the last few weeks, I managed to tackle each of these. 

The Deck

A new layer of Danish oil to refresh:

The Knees

Following on from an earlier blog: here are the knees, shaped and fixed in place. They seem elegant to me and will give a bit more strength to the whole structure. We hope.

Knee done

Knees done

Neasden
The Rudder

I was quite anxious about fitting the rudder, to make sure it would hang vertical, be removable and also to be slightly higher than the keel, to help it pass over any snags. I think it's right...





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