Biscuit Updates

Having to devote all of Saturday to removing two mature southern yellow pine trees - the last of five that...

A day of brightwork fabrication, from cockpit seat trim to companionway trim and washboards...

Having the coaming boards nearly complete - needing to dry-mount and locate fastener holes to secure to the fiberglass cockpit as well as securing the cleats and winch bases - I decided to move on to the cockpit and companionway trim boards...

Working to complete the coaming boards was the goal for the week, and I'm happy to say the goal was met.

Before continuing work on the new coaming boards, I went below to continue work on painting the v-berth...

Brightwork fabrication begins! Starting with the coaming boards, I took the port and starboard blanks....

The painting continues on the boom and the interior, and brightwork fabrication begins...

The seacocks are now ready for final install, and the boom gets its first coat of finish paint...

Carrying on with the prep work for both the new flanged seacock installation and painting of the boom...

With the new hardware in and backing plates fabricated from G-10, I took the weekend glue-in the backing plates...

Knowing that the new flanged seacocks were arriving today, I could not resist stealing a bit of time in the shop after the day job to fabricate the new backing plates for said seacocks...

Wanting to complete the interior in the coming weeks, among other tasks, lead me inside Biscuit for the day...