Metal works
Intensive week at work, I can spare only a few hours in evenings to carry on in the boat shed.
Last step before turning over the hull is to mount brass protection strips on keel and bilge keels. I stayed one evening after work to use proper workshop for drilling and countersinking screw holes.
Raw material for further postprocessing.
Tonight I de-burred all surfaces and rounded edges of stripes which don’t connect with another stripe. Most of them will sit under water so I leave them with brushed/satin finish. Stem and transom protection got high-gloss buff.
Nordic gold. Jewellery for Louve.
In case I want to drill additional holes in these stripes I marked places where there are structural screws below the brass. These screws will not be visible after stripes are mounted. Enigmatic Y-letter punched onto brass is marking these spots.
I started forming them to match hull curvature but it became too late to continue. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll finish that and drill mounting holes. Then comes masking tape, Sika and final assembly so that all is cured for weekend - hull turning!