Way on back in November of last year, I purchased a load of scrap lead for the keel. It was a goodly drive away, but the price was right and I only needed to drive up and collect it. Then the Covid lockdown kicked in, travel was forbidden, or at least made difficult - tests were needed; at one point we weren't supposed to cross state lines... My first vaccine came along, which was good, but meant I couldn't do a Covid test for 10 days.... but finally, last weekend, Kerry and I took a drive and collected 1 ton of old fishing net weights. They're here! All I've got to do now is form them into some sort of keel....

Meanwhile, the rudder is fully shaped and being prepped for glassing, the cabin sole is nearing completion, and a few other small but important bits are being made. We will actually be pulling her forwards very soon! (I feel like I've been saying that for ages now!)

Well, it's actually the third of May today. Germany has a national holiday on 1st May, but as it fell on a Saturday this year, we got to have Saturday off. Next year, it'll be a Sunday! Oh how the economy will rejoice!

The other great thing about a national holiday falling on a Saturday is that we're not supposed to make working noise on national holidays, so you even lose the Saturday of normal boat building. Grrrrrrr!

However, through some sort of fortunate magic, the boat build is progressing really quite well. I've moved on to the cabin sole, which I'm cladding in fairly cheap oak strip. It'll do!

The interior is really nearly finished - there are some bits of trim and cushions and little bits here and there to finish off, bit we're almost there. I shall be dragging her partly out of the shed soon.

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