Pushing for a Christmas glue-up.

I was hoping to integrate my toolbox into a storage unit amidships on the port side, but it wouldn’t fit. Back to the drawing board.

The redesigned area is a storage cupboard made up of lockers of different heights, filled to the brim with a selection of plastic boxes – corresponding to the heights of the shelves. It also features a thin shelf for sailing charts. The unit will have hinged fronts facing all the shelves, but they can’t be fitted until everything is screwed/glued.

The hanging locker has also been completed, and looks great!

I’m currently working on the ‘engine casing’ – the removable panels that sit in front and above the engine. I’m also fitting some thick ply panels to either side of the companionway which I hope to wedge myself into when it gets rolly!

I’m hoping that with a bit of a push, I’ll have the engine casing, the galley and the chart table carcasses finished, in time to bond the whole interior in by Christmas!

I had hoped to paint, oil and insulate by the new year, but I’d be surprised if I get that far.