2ND HULL WORX NEARING COMPLETION!!!

G'day All,
                 Life aboard the Yot is slowly returning 2 "NORMAL" ?
With my attention now focused away from my internal conflict and heavily on building the new hull extension.
As with all work itz been Kenny that's driven this recovery, with some choice words and extra enthusiasm we are now well on the way to completing the final hull.

The yard has gotten increasingly busy which haz also helped as there is no spare thyme for little  things like "depression".
We currently have a 40ft yacht for antifoul and a fishing club boat for a complete make over.
But MY focus is firmly on the new hull and waterproofing the yacht before the coming "WET". The temperature has returned to Townsville Norm which is around 30 degree's each day and the humidity is steadily climbing signalling the coming rains.

So there's very little thyme left to finish this hull and the 2 big hatch covers that'll stop the rains from flooding the new hullz. Pressure!
Ken has been here to help every step of the way, even coming in on Saturday and Sunday this Weekend.
With the declaration "We will get to the reef before I leave for The Whitsundays." The challenge is on!
 On the leaving note, my trip to Perth is now confirmed, booked and approaching rapidly, so I'll see most of you very soon.
The Weekend saw me covered in fibreglass! Resin in my hair and beard and all over my shirt so out came the scissors and clippers to remove my winter coat. The fibreglass dust is also less than pleasant. Itchy Scratchy Stuff!
The hull is taking itz final shape with the rear end curve now in place and the first of the bulkhead access panels removed we can now use this access to strengthen and fit the internal keel and supports before the big flare is fitted to the inside edge.
As usual hours and hours go into this job but nowhere near what the first side took with each day seeing major steps towards completion.

The V8's were on this weekend, B4 and also during the racing the big screen on the rear deck was used to allow us to miss the ad's and lead up waffling  and just watch the actual racing.

With the final curves comes the ability to make the old sections of the hull watertite. this will signal the beginning of the end of the construction phase of the build.
Itz really good to feel the Yot "level" as it floats this week, our task has proven suxsessful with the Yot now slightly bow down in side aspect.
Once the next order of fibreglass resin arrives on Monday we will be able to finish the polyester and epoxy sections of the build.
If all goes well the hull will match itz mate by Friday, however Kenny is heading South for his Anniversary on Wednesday so if I cannot get hold of Torsten I'll be left to complete the yard work as well as the hull extension work.
 Like my internal struggle the yard is also experiencing a few issues!
 We are surrounded by a HORRIBLE stinking scum of 4" of blue green algae that is killing fish and making crabbing not a good idea. This stuff is also affecting my mood as I'm standing and living in it each day. Life is an unhappy balance at the moment and minor thing like this algal bloom make my recovery just that little bit harder. Each new bigger tide floats more of this scum higher up the yard and the new hulls. I'm definitely going a little "yard crazy" at the moment with dust, scum and minor issues like swarms of nite thyme mosquito's making Queensland: not so Beautiful one day and even less so the next.
Its hard to believe that just 120 miles South of here is the Fantastic Whitsundays and just 50 miles East is The Gr8 Barrier Reef, I need to realise that my physical being is what I make of it! Several thymez this week I've felt the weight of my demonz returning. A balance of both Ignorance and Focus should combine to keep me pushing 4ward.
As B4 itz the little things that kick off the spiral and itz also the little things that can halt it as well. If I take thyme to feed the fish, water the herbs, cook real food and wash the clothes then I should manage to stave off the Spiral for enuf thyme that I can complete this stage of the Yot!
Several very close calls with the ultimate demon has seen me spending more and more thyme with the SHRINK and even a visit where the help came to me!
I need to get this under control sooner rather than later, for my and my families sake.
I'm trying to get hold of Torsten to live aboard the Yot B4 and while I'm away in Perth and having a second person here should limit the possibility of anutha destructive spiral.
This week has seen some of the lowest levels I've seen and itz definitely thyme to turn things around!
The Christmas I'm heading towards The Whitsundays in an effort to regain last years highs to replace some of this years lows