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2003 Click on photos for a bigger picture. Click on browser 'back' button to return to main document.	2003 Weekend 29/30^th March 2003  Drilled out holes for tabernacle and ground the bolt heads that would be on the beam and possible danger to one's head, rounding them off. Round about now we, Sue and I, Sue was now working with me, re-fitted the tabernacle, another milestone and 'worrying' obstacle overcome. We'd spent the early part of 2003 helping Dominique to repair a hole in her Solo hull and generally refurbish her boat and launching trolley. It had been very cold and there wasn't much enthusiasm for working on the Tamarisk.	2003 Click on photos for a bigger picture. Click on browser 'back' button to return to main document.
	July We both went on the Family Cruise in Brian Robert's Grey Goose. August  We then had some hot weather and a very hot summer, which dried out the front boards of the cabin and separating them producing 2 mm gaps. How to fill the gaps? Would they expand back again when the sheet was removed? Monday 1^st September 2003 Repaired forehatch 'box', filled in gaps opened up by drying out in the hot summer. Repaired the gaps in the cabin front. Sketched and measured up cabin entrance.
This is how the port cockpit seat had been for years, a few bits of old plywood. Below is the top Denys had made just slipped into place. It had been stored in the fore cabin and had to be moved to fit the bunk tops.	Monday 8^th September 2003 Ordered new cover for boat. Sunday 14^th September 2003 Job list reads: remove vent rebate vent hole measure vent hole position new vents cut holes for new vents plug all holes in roof position heater chimney fill where needed 'glass' on glass mat remove port holes assess overlap of hatch look for third washboard * plug rubbing strake holes * plane/sand top of rubbing strake clean up hull ready for painting * clean up hull repair fill gaps in comings etc. The only jobs possibly done are the ones with an * !	Sue preparing lunch on one of the days we spent working on the boat.
	Wednesday 1^st October 2003 Removed the old cloth from the cabin roof. Cleaned up the cabin roof. Cleaned up the front porthole holes. Friday 3^rd October 2003 Removed portholes from both sides of cabin. Cleaned up holes after removing port holes. Friday 10^th October 2003 Made some sketches of how to seal front of hatch from waves. Saturday 11^th October 2003 I think today I glassed on the 2 oz glass fibre to the cabin roof, judging by notes for that date.	You can just see the repaired and oiled fore hatch box. Also the newly painted cabin top - see below right
Painstakingly cleaning up the portholes. I ground off all the peeling chrome and using wet or dry paper, about half a dozen grades, got a nice polish on them.	Sometime around now we must have done the port holes, judging by sequence of photos in camera	The cleaned up portholes and plywood pieces for fore cabin lockers Sue painting the brass with special paint purchased from a fine arts dealer in Lonndon
Sue cleaning away sealant from round port holes. We must have fitted them around this time, judging by sequence of photographs.	Sunday 12^th October 2003 Fitted hatch runners and painted wooden cabin sides with West epoxy. A bit messy? Tuesday 14^th October 2003 Prepared and painted cabin outside
	Monday 10^th November 2003 Ordered fixings for portholes from Felix Fasteners. Saturday 15^th November 2003 Measured up front vee piece in forepeak. Friday 21^st November 2003 Jobs ticked off on notes are: Forecabin bunk top sides fitted into place. Front Vee piece fitted into place.
	Sunday 30^th November 2003 Cleaned up and glassed in forepeak tops. Busy day fibreglassing. Saturday 13^th December 2003 Fitted mast support in forepeak. Measured 'trim' pieces to cover new plywood repair patches in cabin sides in rear starboard corner. Measured up for side trim on starboard side, to cover screw holes. Tuesday 16^th December 2003 Thinking about main hatch.
	Between Christmas & New Year John Glynn cleaned up the remaining iroko and sapele boards for me.
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