Where has the month gone?

These past few weeks, I have felt there was not much forward progress. No large panels glued up, no bulkheads appeared, just trimming, routing and a bunch of sanding. Detail sanding this, that and the other thing, over and over and over. The plan is that all the time spent sanding NOW will hopefully save thrice as much time versus when everything is all assembled and hard to get to.

I did find time to build the navigation station, galley unit, cut in the companionway and “D1” hatches, and build frames for all the hatches and mushroom vents. I also bought, then cut and scarfed all the stringer lumber. And just before I went to write this post, the last box of CNC cut wood arrived from B & B Yachts containing massive oak for the keel stringers, mast support, and beautifully-shaped dagger boards + rudder! The  pre-shaping by B & B will save hours of hand grinding/sanding on the foils. Now I’ll let some pictures do the talking.

Keel in spray booth

First coat epoxy paint

Keel epoxied

Galley/Nav Station stitch-and-glue

S & G step 1

S & G step 2

S & G step 3

S & G step 4 outside

S Frame 1

Nav Station

S Frame 2

Cabin side ports

Milling lumber for stringers

Milling

Scarf joint jig

Scarf joint

Scarf joint clamped

CNC shaped rudder

B&B Yachts hardwood kit