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2004 Click on photos for a bigger picture. Click on browser 'back' button to return to main document. The main hatch stripped and cleaned up ready for repainting. Sue washing down after sanding the epoxy coating ready for the undercoat.	2004 Sunday 4^th January Measured up top step, carefully. Saturday 10^th January Helped Peter and Jeff to modify Steve's boat for tests. At lunch time sailed with Peter in his Graduate, good to be on the water again, first time since early September, or was it the end of August. Fitted side trim pieces, rear starboard side of cabin. Sketched door design and measured basic sizes for doors. Did this to think about making toilet door. Made a mock-up Porta Potti to se if it would fit and if it would be ok to sit on. Tuesday 13^th January Bought Porta Potti from Todds at Lostock Hall. Saturday 17^th January  Made the closing piece that fits on the cabin roof at the front of the hatch to seal it off, well help to prevent water ingress from waves, when closed. also made the hatch stop which fits on closing piece to help keep water out. I made the closing piece out of two pieces of 25 mm thick wood expoxied together. Sunday 18^th January Put the refurbished hatch in place. Sue thinks it looks good. Carefully fitted hatch closing piece, decided not to glue it in place, wait until washboards fitted etc. Shaped the plywood make-up piece but not happy with it and marked it up for remaking. Cut out and shaped the piece of sapele that closed off the front Vee bunk. Glued and screwed it in place. Did some routing in the cabin, the two new vertical pillars in the back corners. Measured up toilet space and for Porta Potty floor. Wrote measurements on a piece of hardboard but then left it in boat. Managed to remember most of them and sketched them on clip board while Sue drove home. Friday 23^rd January Glued a strips of sapele on to hatch closing make-up piece, decided that this would be better than making a new piece, sapele closed off the edges of the ply. Saturday 24^th January  Went for a smashing sail in David's Loch Broome Post Boat. Wind westerly force 4. Carefully fitted the plywood part of the hatch closing plate. Fitted the top step but didn't get round to making step supports. Measured for next step, using the 'template' that I made to check my measurements for the top step. Measured length of second step supports. Sunday 25^th January  Started to seriously sort out design of companionway/engine cover. Monday 26^th, Tuesday 27^th & Wednesday 28^th January  Continued trying to sort out design. Made proper drawing 2.5:1 scale. Thursday 29^th January  Cut out second step for cockpit. Cut out playwood for step risers. Agonised over depth, drawing conflicted with some of measurements on sketches. Made vertical supports for second step, i.e. planed the angle of the cockpit sides on them Sunday 1^st February  Fitted bottom step, top step supports. Took several measurements of engine and engine bearer supports Wednesday 4^th February  Cut out top step, engine compartment sides, top step riser and top step edge piece. Thursday 5^th February  Measured bottom plate, front of engine cover/bottom of companionway. Saturday 14^th February  Planned/Designed split between bottom and top removeable pieces of companionway. Monday 15^th February  More detail design of joint. Wednesday 18^th February   Cut out lots of pieces of companionway. Friday 20^th February  Took more measurements and starteed planning washboards and retaining pieces. Wednesday 25^th February  Carried on with engine cover/companionway. Fitted bottom retaining piece, then top retaining piece and then side pieces. Cut top piece and refitted to removeable panel. So far so good. Routed radius on outside of fixed pieces. Saturday 28^th February  Machined steps. Sunday 29^th February  Fitted vertical closing pieces for entrance and bottom piece at step. Fitted support pieces to underside of top step. Stripped all work to take home and glue up. Measured up for quarter berth edging. Marked out for steps. Monday 1^st March  Cut out steps and supports. Shaped top step. Tuesday 2^nd March   Glued bottom and sides and top step. Cut out plywood backing pieces for companionway and screwed to covers. Wednesday 3^rd March  Sandpapered all bits of companionway (raining). Positioned steps of top cover and drilled. Thursday 4^th March  Asembled engine cover/companionway top and bottom pieces. Ground top of screws off. Cut limber holes and cut out 4" plank. Filled upright saw cut. Friday 5^th March  Cut pieces for left hand side of engine cover/quarter berth. Tidied up filled bits. Sunday 7^th March  Measured up cabin entrance more accurately. Tuesday 9^th March  Measured up engine starter panel to design cut out to fit. Thursday 11^th March   Measured up plywood for washboards. Friday 12^th March  Cut out plywood for washboards and machined iroko retaining strips Tuesday 16^th March  Glued inside side washboard retaining pieces. Glued top step/washboard riser sapele piece. Glued top panel in (panel below above riser to inside top step). Glued removeable bottom companionway retaining pieces. Machined bottom removeable companionway to fit properly. Glued quarter berth cushion retaining piece in place. Thursday 18^th March  Removed entrance step an all bits and cleaned up and epoxied in place. Friday 19^th March  Fitted brass locking bolts to top removeable engine cover/companionway. Saturday 20^th March   Fitted iroko washboard retainers and screwed into place. Can't glue them in until I've fixed the outside top step, whicch I'm levinf for he moment because I may need to remove this step to lift engine out, it'll be easier than when it's fixed in place. Cut wasboard into two halves with sloping cut. Fitted top washboard, i.e. cut down to size, I'd purposely made it higher to allow for cloping cut and accurate matching to hatch. Filled holes in cabin sides. Sorted out top engine cover/companionway retainer piece. Sunday 21^st March    Filled more holes in cabin sides. Tuesday 23^rd March   Bought U-bolt for hatch locking mechanism. Made hatch locking plate for washboard. Wednesday 24^th March  Cut out filling strips for main cabin front deck/cabin front riser beam and fitted. Fitted hatch U-bolt and washboard plate. Designed cockpit sole and cover. Thursday 25^th March   Made list of jobs to do: Various bits of trim in main cabin Front seal on hatch/roof Fit Vents Grab rails Engine: Clean rust of pulley Check all round clearances & estimate modifications necessary Wiring Fuel inlet Oil filter Check/tighten all mounting bolts and fastenings Measure length of fuel lines Fittings for fuel lines Position gear lever/throttle Cut out and fit Measure length of control cables for gear lever/throttle Cockpit sole Clean hull and fit cockpit drain skin fittings Fit top piece and seal cockpit drain fittings Chart table Fix back Fix sides Friday 26^th March  Cleaned up beam Cut and fitted trim to chart table/sink Cut out and shaped engine cover trim, vertical Cut out and shaped bunk/engine cover closing angle Saturday 27^th March  Cut, shaped and glued top starboard side engine cover trim Cut, shaped and glued vertical starboard side engine cover trim Cut, shaped and glued closing piece between bunk and starboard side engine cover Cut, shaped and glued vertical piece of ply between bunk and starboard side engine cover Cut, shaped and glued vertical front starboard side engine cover trim Cut, shaped and glued horizontal continuation piece on starboard side of bottom removeable engine cover Cut, shaped and glued top engine cover retaining strip to top of bottom cover Cut, shaped and glued to top cover the strip that protects botton cover groove from dirt etc. Sunday 28^th March   Routed and fitted top of top washboard closing piece Toilet 'holes' - cleaned up starboard side Plugged front cabind beam screw holes Fitted front of hatch closing piece but did not fix Saturday 3^rd April  Fitted sealing piece between hatch and cabin roof Sunday 4^th April   Fitted 'trim' piece to front starboard corner of cabin side - to cover repair to cabin side. Similarly fitted 'trim' piece to port side front and rear corners. Fitted side corners on cabin side above chart table Fitted trim to outer toilet bulkhead to cabin roof Marked out perspex washboards Sorted out what needs doing to bulkhead trim between sink and cooker Thursday 20^th May    Priority Jobs: Sanding & Varnishing Paint deck Rear rubbing strake - make and fit Paint rear wooden board Cockpit sole - Iroko base Cockpit sole cover Clean and fit cockpit drain skin fittings to hull properly Gel-coat repairs Sort out best use of remaining Iroko Secondary Jobs: Fit vents Cabin floor Toilet floor Front panel lower trim Engine control lever Rear mast support (for mast storage) Hatch retaining piece Washboard mid stiffeners Perspex washboard stiffeners Companionway inside grab handles	2004 Click on photos for a bigger picture. Click on browser 'back' button to return to main document.
July 7th.  Most of the hull below the waterline is now ready for painting, thanks to Alex	Tuesday 22^nd June Removed dinghy from bow to facilitate Alex cleaning underside of hull Monday 5^th July Wrote out preliminary list for Family cruise to Noth Wales. I had asked Norman if I could go with him and he said yes. Looking forward to a sail. Sunday 11^th July Measured up cockpit sole for cover. Also meaasured up closing piece for the back of the cockpit well. Friday 16^th July Bought some bits from Todd's - shore power connections. Then called at CPC and bought a module encloure, a couple of circuit breakers and a 25A RCD, as instructed by Stevee Lee my electrical guru. Fitted the cockpit hatch. Shaped the rear rubbing strake/trim pieces. Checked closing piece. Monday 19^th July Painted (blue) stern wooden trim. Checked postion for bilge pump. Cut out bulkhead? I'm writing this in May 2005 so a lot of my notes don't make sense now! Work on the boat was interrupted by several 'medical complaints' to me. In May I had a new set of partial dentures fitted, which take time and pain to settle in so I didn't feel much like working. Then I got housemaid's knee. This was supplemented by almost cutting the end of my left index finger, which made using tools difficult. Then I banged my left shin whilst sailing with Paul in his 505. Hurt at time but forgot about it in minutes but later my shin swelled up, then my ankle. However I was determined to go on the Family Cruise and Linda said my leg would be ok. The Family Cruise is written up elsewhere but I'll just mention that my toes went black and I paid a precautionary visit to the hospital outside Bangor.
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