And here's the latest video looking at the fore cabin, the water tanks and the engine bed, along with some strenuous desk moving!

I bought 2 water tanks that I thought would fit nicely, and indeed they did. According to the data moulded into the tanks, they're 110 litre and a 80 litre respectively, giving me (obviously) 190 litres or about 50 US gallons. I shall carry a couple of water jugs in the lazarette to supplement that and I reckon that'll do nicely!

When I tried them in place, they were an absolute perfect fit. I've fitted some battens to locate them and they're now very snugly in position.

I have also started to look at the engine bed situation. Unfortunately, the engine bed supplied is clearly the wrong one. It can, however, be adapted to purpose, so... we'll see...

I finally start working inside the boat. The goal is to get the forecabin bed boards in place so it's easier to get in and out of the boat for further fitting out

In this week's video, Hazel returns from doing her RYA competent crew course and tells us a bit about it, the shear clamp is finally finished, Karin does some painting and Kerry dances on the lawnmower!!! Enjoy

So, I'm in the process of fitting the second part of the shear clamp that serves as the lower fixing of the coachroof sides and the fore and aft combings. This is a fairly complex piece that needs to be fitted at the correct angle. Unfortunately, that correct angle changes at various positions along the boat, meaning that the piece twists from basically upright at the bow to leaning in at the coachroof to leaning out at the stern. Naturally, it also follows the curve of the shear and the hull (pointy at both ends), which is not insignificant towards the aft end!

I'm fitting it in two layers. As it currently stands, I have the port side complete with both layers, whilst the starboard side has one complete length and a second layer on some of it. The picture above shows me clamping the second layer on the port side, aft end.