The first task on Monday morning was to pick up the sails from the boat and deliver them to Wilkinsons sailmakers in Faversham to have them washed, the UV strip on the genoa renewed and any minor repairs carried out as necessary. over the weekend I had cut out the piywood for the shelves in the aft cabin lockers so on return from the sailmakers I set to and started shaping the shelves for the port side, as I had already secured the aft locker front panel it meant removing the forward panel and working in from the end which turned out to be fairly easy. Also I had repainted the doors over the weekend and six of them turned out to be satisfactory leaving two that I will have to sand back again and repaint. Once the two shelves had been fitted to the port side I inserted the doors into the aft panel and then fitted the bulkhead between the forward and aft panels.
Shelves and doors to aft panel in place
Then I inserted the doors into the forward panel and then secured it into position followed by the cover strip over the join between the two panels to finally complete the port side some hardwood trim will be required, I have some but probably not enough to complete the job I will probably need to obtain some more I will wait and see what is left of my dwindling stock.
Port side
To finish off the week I made a start on the starboard side, I managed to mark out the aft shelf but then along came the wind and the rain which brought a halt to the proceedings for the day. Over the weekend I will try and sort out the paint finish on the remaining two doors and clean up the bulkhead for the starboard side.
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