Last full measure (of plywood)

I cut the last of my full sheets of ply, and now have all my deck panels, and just odd cut offs left in the scrap pile. Is that a milestone? Close enough.

The boat gets a little wet when it rains hard. No biggie, so far.

I've cut scarf joints in the two bow pieces, and joined them along the centerline. The middle section is the only one not scarfed yet, and it will be cut to fit between the far aft pieces, and the bow piece. I had planned to spend some time sanding and cleaning the area behind f169 so that I could epoxy seal it and glue down the aft deck pieces, but the rain is cramping my schedule. So...

...I've been working on other things, like sanding the rudder. It needs a last small wrap of carbon across the top to seal that bit of exposed filler and foam, then I'm waiting to have something else to paint, before mixing up a batch of primer. Seems like too much waste for little things like this, when almost as much paint goes into the pan and brush, as onto the part.

Spin sheet ratchets, to be installed a foot or so in front of the traveller, into the cockpit sides. Raw off the forms, except a light scotch-brite scrub in the sink. They'll get trimmed, sanded a bunch more, and coated again. These turned out better than the other pair, the difference being that I wrapped most of the forms in packing tape.

The whole kit. Out at the aft corner, I'll have a block, from there the line goes into the deck, through the pipe, and exits in front of the traveller. The pipe was cut at a very shallow angle, hypodermic needle style, and some glass glued around it while the cut end laid flat on the table, to then make a handy way to attach it to the bottom of the deck panel.

One less line to get butt-cleated, or lost over the side.