End of the holidays

Well it's back to work for me tomorrow, and so gone is the luxury of spending 4 or 5 hours most days tinkering on the boat.

I have been working out a rough timetable and come up with the following based on getting 5 hours a week, which will typically be a saturday or Sunday.

Keel - 2 weeks, finished at end of Jan
Chine - 4 weeks - end of March
Sheer - 4 weeks - end of April

Battens - 8 weeks - end of June

Fairing - 4 weeks - end of July

First layer of planking - 8 weeks - end of September

Second layer - 6 weeks - mid November

Third layer - end of January

So 12 months time and I am hopefully in the final throws of the planking.

I haven't done a budget for the above works but my gut feel is I will be able to squeeze it in as long as there at no other disasters around the house.

Timing may shift a bit as that schedule has the planking starting in mid winter and it may have to wait for spring to be warm enough. I may have to get some fast hardner as well.