Next step in the Skerry manual is to fibreglass the interior. I know that is going to be an intese couple of days, so I thought I would tackle someting a bit less demanding. The boom, yard and mast, how hard could that be?
Three days and three buckets of sawdust and shavings later, I have three bits of wood the right dimensions. It has been hard work. Day 1 I made a right mess of things. Day 2 I dug myself out of the hole, and managed to find enough ok oregon to laminate together to make the pieces. I spent today sanding and smoothing with the magnificent No 6 Stanley plane my brother Mike kindly passed on to me. I judged the last oregon buy pretty well I rekon. I have made all the parts needed, and only a couple of odd slices left over.
I put up an ad for the Sabre down at the club today, and put the word out that it is for sale. The end of an era probably, but I am ready to move on.
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