Fo'c'sle design. Spring work

Jim is working on Kaika so it’s much more fun to be in the boatyard now. Kaika’s whale deck and waterline are now light'-beige (International Beige, I think) which really stands up and looks very classy. When there will be time for me to repaint the deck I’ll definitely go with this colour.

Last few days I was sanding freeboards. This year I decided to remove a bit more of the varnish, to avoid too much build-up. Otherwise I just scratch the previous layer with ScotchBrite to give some mechanical grip for the next layer but my last year’s varnish “blobs” asked to be treated with orbital sander.

This is now done, what is left is light sanding on whale deck and in places where I could not reach with the machine. I was glad tonight that Jim was painting - that gave me an excuse to not sand!

Instead I tried fitting new shelf which will serve as battery mount on the very bow. Yesterday I made the mockup with cardboard. I routed it today in the morning on mahogany plywood (thank you again Rosättra for providing me with this quality material!).

As always, it did not fit perfectly so I took it home for some more trimming.

While chatting with Jim I was trying to find optimal place for chemical toilet. The best privacy on my small boat is behind the bulkhead but this placement seems to be awkward.

I lean more towards Jim’s suggestion to move “the mug” all the way to the bow. This way it’s not in the way and fo’c’sle can be better used also for other purposes.

Head-room is a problem in both locations, tall sailor friends will probably not like it (Albert!).

Privacy for this season will be given by custom curtain with WW2 motiv. I plan to make wooden sliding doors next winter but for now it will do with Silent Service Guy!