August 19 1999 6 hour: More bottom seam weldout.
August 20 1999 9.5 hour: Finish weldout of bottom except by blocking. Fit and finish toe rail aat aft end of port hull. Fint and finish port aft mooring post. Deal with a little detail with a wedge made from square pipe ( the detail was a 3/8" gap in the deck where the plate was not wide enough on each side.)
August 21 1999 9.5 hour: Fit and finish aft stanchions on port hull. Weldout last trim pipe on port transom. Fit and weld fixup piece on stb hull transom ( at top ). Fit and weld toerail on stb hull stern.
August 22 1999 9 hour: Fab and fit aft webbing support/midbeam stiffner. Fiddley 1 1/2" gaps for webbing and lots of wobble to take out. Weldup windlass handle and press in SS bushings.
August 23 1999 8 hour: Fab and weldon tabs for 'U' opening in webbing. Fit and weldon T bar supports of forward beam. Join up and fit and weldon main beam horizontal T Bar. Fair bit of wobble to deal with. Ben up 2" square tube to match mid beam grown for jib traveler.
August 24 1999 8 hour: Weld on jib traveler and finish up ents. Weld on more main beam T Bar stiffner. More weldout of mainsail track. Weld on 2 cleats for main and jib sheets on cabin corners.
Jib travler and 'U' opening in web deck.
August 28 1999 9.5 hour: Rough cut stb tiller well. Weldout T Bar to bulkheads on stb. Finish windlass and bow ladder.
August 29 1999 10 hour: Another very rainy day. Cutout winch pads for mast and side decks. Finish framing around cabin side ports. Welded cabin sides to frame 5. Finish weldout of cabin top and sides. Had some help from the wife with a backup bar on the cabin weldouts. Took a header off of bow ladder from about 6 feet up, Lots of scrapes even through jeans. Didnt break anything even though leg got caught in rungs.
August 30 1999 7.5 hour: Fit and weldout stb tiller shelf. Weld on 3rd section of mast track. Neat trick for getting the track on ( fairly ) straight is to tack the top of the track then heat up the track a bunch more that the mast until it is longer then to tack the bottom. It pull itself straight when it cools down. Dont over do or it will prebend the mast. Fit and weldout lateral reinforcement for anchor roller. Twisted my ankle when I stepped down into a hole made by dropping the anchor the other day !!
August 31 1999 5 hour: Aft stb deck framing. Splice 20 fathoms 5/8" 3 strand nylon to 60 fathom 5/16" HT chain and rolled it onto the windlass drum. Made chain guard where the chain drags over the main beam.
September 1 1999 6 hour: Finish top step on stb hull. Start on mooring post.
September 2 1999 8.5 hour: Finish mooring post on stb stern. Put corner on railing and two more stanchions. Finish transom trim. Make 5 hard points for safety harnesses.
1899 hours to date.
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