I took Friday off as a days holiday, started with nip to my favourite independent cafe for a bit of planning, a double espresso and gluten free brownie

I started by making lots of reinforcement blocks cut from what I think in teak

Not quite chronological but makes sense feature wise

Though it didn’t leak the hole for the centre board pivot looked rather poor so blocks where glued either side

Though it wasn’t quite as tidy I wanted inside the bow fitting is considerably stronger than when I bought the boat, two self tapping screws were all that held the mast up

Obviously I had removed part of the foredeck and the cut line needed closing up with tape. Not the easiest job but a pre wetted out the tape and my head just fits through the hatch hole

One job I had been rather nervous of was fitting the rowlock sockets but a 22mm bit and a little Dremeling and I was pleased with the results. A block of wood had been glued in previously.

Finally the aft cleats which where through bolted, wood blocks had previously been glued in

Doesn’t quite feel like two days of work but the devil is in the detail