On schedule

Just about ready for paint below with just a couple of ticks left on the list, nice to be on schedule.

As you can see the aft cabin is DA sanded and ready for paint as is the forepeak.  Note in the aft cabin picture in the bottom right there is two water ballast fills.  This is an idea I picked up from friend and competitor Tristan Mouligne (Quest 30 Samba) who did this for last years Bermuda 1-2.  We handled the fill/drain differently by running a glass tube from the forward section inside the aft tank to run out in the aft cabin.  This keeps all the water ballast piping out of the main cabin and centrally located behind the companionway ring frame.

The aft cabin is now open to the rudderstock so we have access to the NKE gyro pilot that will be installed in April.  The pilots do not like to be in the weather and this will be the same setup as the Figaro II boats.  Rudder is about to come out and go to Jeff Kent Composite Solutions for a custom carbon tiller for the pilot.

Added an older picture of the installed mast frame.  This is a very different shape from the stock boat with more area, and not a bad spot to be stiffer for the small weight addition.

There was some core at the mast base that needed replacing.

Repaired the post and top of the keel box.

Enough of that go Get’er Done!