Whilst we had some nice dry days, I've fitted the repaired bulwark on the starboard side, (The light grey bit in front of me) and today I fitted the chunk of wood that protects the corner of the hull. (the black bit in my hand)
During the evenings, I've removed the old galley completely, and re-worked the plumbing to get it out of our way.

out with the old :)

We've been repairing the old bulwark from the starboard side of the aft deck,
(the bit of wood that extends the side of the boat upwards to keep the waves out)
you can see the new peices of wood I've glued in place in this pic:


I've also started dismantling the old galley (kitchen) to make room for the new heads (toilet) I've moved the cooker to the new galley (just out of shot in the second pic)

I'm ready to move the cooker into the new galley, it will go in the space at the end of the worktop. the stripy white square is the stainless steel splash-back/heat shield to protect the wood from all the heat and low flying food. this evening I fitted the small door to the cupboard under the cooker.


We've also been working on the aft deck while the weather is good. We've been doing the fiddly bits of woodwork to cover the exposed structure on the insides of the hull with plywood. It's a lot easier to explain with a few pictures, but it was dark when I finished, so there's no pictures i'm afraid :(

We've been working on the aft deck this weekend, dad fitted some plywood to cover the inside of the hull, where is is visable above the new deck, which makes it a lot more water tight.
The new galley (kitchen) is coming together, I've been making the cupboard doors, here's one half finished,
and here is 3, knobs and all!

and finally here's a picture of the whole boat, just in case anyone was womdering how she is looking at the moment

We've had a productive week, I've got the rudder guard painted and back in place, which was involved walking the plank whilst carrying it!

We've just replaced the aft deck (the little deck at the back of the boat) Later I'll extend the side decks backwards to make seats/storage on both sides
I've been working away down below on the new galley, hopefully we'll be able to use it soon

Now all the ballast from the stern is back in place, We've been putting the Aft deck back together. This weekend with dad's help I put the deck beams back in place, and added some new woodwork to support the new plywood deck.
Juan gave me a hand, painting the rudder guard (aka heavy duty bicycle rack)

The new galley is starting to take shape, after some tweaking, I've fixed the worktop and sink in place, so I'm off to get some plumbing fittings :) meanwhile dad has been Putting all the freshly painted ballast back in place at the stern, so we will be able to start replacing the deck soon.

Here's the new sink, almost ready for a test run with some dirty mugs