Hi All.
This is the start of getting the rope around bottom of seats to look right.
I hope I am on the right track.
Not sure what the " grabrope " should be called.
Prentice.

A start has been made on the aft stanchions and wood rail.
The curved rear made of 4 off .5mm x5mm laminated upright ( like plywood ) sandwiched in a wood former until dry.
Then used same formers with packing pieces to sandpaper the 5mm down to 1mm to give 2mm x 1mm handrail.
There its easy.
Prentice

Lovely work Mike, stanchions are a pain.
Will find some time this month to pop round and see it.
Chris

Hi All. The crew have arrived. But I think they have mislaid their caps.
Not sure how I can finish them off yet. Prentice.

Hi Prentice,
The stanchions/handrails turned out really nice, that perfect curve round the stern is spot on! Nice to see the crew arrive too.
Enjoying your progress,
Clark

Hi PD's.......the crew seem a little  pre-occupied Prentice ....if I were the skipper those two 44 gallon drums would be lashed down prior to departure..

Lovely work as usual...... I also like the joggled planking.......Derek 

A pleasure to see such workmanship. You must be very proud of her.

Well done Prentice.     

Cheers

ken

Hi All.
Thanks to Clark, Derek and Ken. For all the comments, Please keep them coming.
As I'mm not too knowledgeable about things and also am relying on photo's for a lot of info.
To lash the oil drums is something to think about. I am sure they must have had some ring bolts on deck to fix to.
Can I just rope them down or put netting fixed or does it have to be tarpaulin.

Next photo has Pensioners outing, They could not wait ! and waiting to go onboard, Last pic.

I have made a temporary rudder and put reciever and battery in ready for sea trails to come soon.

There's a lot to do on aft deck yet.  Prentice.

Just lash the drums to a spare bit of the rails with some rope. They wouldn't bother with netting or tarps - simple and easy is the way to go!
Clark

Hi All. At last steaming under its own power. A few small balance problems, had to add a bit of ballast to the rudder area, then was good until the wind picked up to a stiff breeze. It goes nice and slow , it looks just right. Am very pleased, A bit of worry until we had it sailing with the little extra weight on top of all the fittings.
Prentice

It's gorgeous Prentice - That first photo taken from a low angle could easily be mistaken for the real thing!

Regards
Eddy

Lovely job Prentice, - congratulations!

Pete.

Hi PD's.....must agree with Eddy......."could easily be mistaken for the real thing!" congratulations on her first sailing......Derek 

Hi there
Eddy is right , with that low angle it's really the real thing
A job wel done , and a log that i enjoyed very mutch
It gave me a lot of good ideas
thnx for sharing it all
Gr from The Bombus

Well done Prentice, she looks fantastic on the water!
Clark