Finally found some guys to help me move the boat into the carport from the back of the house and turn it right side up.

It went well and after a week of delay, I can finally begin to work on getting the rest of the hull finished.

It was a lot of huffing and puffing but here she is.

Painted the bottom with copper anti-fouling paint because this boat will be in the water most of the year. Went on well and did not smell as bad as I feared.

Bought some wood to build a cradle to turn her over and 1/2 plywood to fabricate the rudder and centerboard.

Put the 1st of 2 coats on the sides and transom this morning

Received the 4" fiberglass tape I needed to finished glassing the seams and finished that off quickly. I decided to go ahead and put the sealant on the bare plywood to stop it from cracking and splintering.

I will lay tape out for the waterline and get ready to paint the sides white and put a coat of copper paint on her over the next few days.

We got going early on getting the 2nd bottom panel in place and it came out great!

There are a few things that will need to be taken care of like putty over the screw heads and fiber-glassing the seams, sealing and painting the hull. Then we will turn the hull over to finish her off!

Caulked, glued, screwed and nailed one of the bottom panels on the klast day of the year. Terri brushes off the finished product after helping me apply the glue, feeding me screws and nailing the back half of the panel down. This one was a bit easier on the back as there was no bending upside down to nail like we had to do with the sides.

The next step will be to fit the template to the other side and prepare to cut the other panel out.

All in all the installation went great and we can see the day coming that we will be able to turn her over and start working on the top of the boat!

Hi everyone,

Kath and I are new to this forum and would like to say 'hello'. We are long term live-aboards and wouldn't change it for the world. The boat we share is pictured below, Cygnus Vedrae. The photo was taken in 1972 and shows her crossing the Wash, an area of the North sea in the east UK off the Norfolk coast. We didn't own her then but I keep the photo because it's the only one I have that shows her under sail.

She was built by Geo Wilson, a firm that is now more than 100 years old, in 1950. She was launched on the river Thames, London, in 1951. She was number 3 in a class of 5. The first one in the class was sold to the government of the Shah of Persia. I have an article somewhere, if I can find it I'll post it in the future.

Got the skeg attached today. It went easy and it will get another piece attached over the end and up the transom to give it additional rigidity.

Today we were able to get the other side panel install and it went very quick and smoothly. The frame is real rigid now and we will start working on installing a skeg to the keel.