final date to move to fitters

Well the boat wil be painted by the end of the first week of July now.
as there was more of a delay, it enabled Kevin to finish off some of the welding jobs which could have been done after the paint. we had the tow bar attached and the gas bottle storage put in the front. he gas bottles do not have to be lifted out, the come out the front of the lockers which are on each side of the front bulkhead and also make rather good seats. the front bulkhead had been finished rather quae and blnt and in the extra day we asked kev to put an overhang in and to make the sides more curves. he did this yeasterday and it looks a lot better -really has softened the front view. Andrew also aske for the prow to be changed and no there is a squarer nose. (not sure I like it so will wait till paint job blends it all in)
photos will follow and will probably be when the build is painted.
we have chosen indigo blue for the roof and front/back bulkheads and sides are to be sandstone. We will then ourselves add posibly red stripes and our boats name which wll be written out phonetically as one sees in a dictionary entry.

Adrew also managed to drill the holes for the windows and portholes so they too can get paint around them

Inside remains unvacuumed and i am not using the dyson!

all our wood and celotex has arrived and even the dog doors from the usa. We bid on a compost loo on bay and await to see if we win it in the next few days.

Our crane would cost 800 pounds and the lorry 650 bt we will share with the twoats that are already at the fitters so it will come to less. the 2 boats there do not need such a big lorry or crane so i will leave it to Anrew and roy to work out a fair split.

All we need to do now is fit windows after painted and paint inside of boat with the thermilate /paint mix and put the thinsulate strips on the roof struts.

I got a surprise ast week-and as Andrew was away, he got the surprise this week-but I will have to wait to post it on here- it means that Andrew is going to need help for the jobs that needed done as i will not be able to help wit some of them