Whisky fillet

 

According to Leo, the nice youngchap on the Sampson Boat building company videos, there is a tradition that the last plank to be fitted to a boat is referred to as the  "Whisky Plank" and celebrated as the name suggests. There is still a lot of work to be done, but somehow the essential creation of the boat is complete.

Somehow that didn't translate to the glued lapstrake of the Skerry, with only three planks a side. But this evening i finished the last fillets on the Skerry, and that did feel like a significant step in process. Pretty much all the construction is now complete. The Whisky fillet. I might need to get some to mark the occasion.