While waiting for launch...
A few days of spring weather went by - and these were during working days, of course.
Since today we have rain and cold again but I plan for launching next weekend.
In the meantime I continue equipping Louve for camping sailing.
Kapok cushions, in burgundy, are installed in the cockpit. They are held with bungee cord but can be easily removed for sitting on sole or on the beach. Most probably this live burgundy color will fade after the first season which will match better my tanned sail.
I planned making rope fenders - to add some fancy & salty look to my boat - but decided to buy standard, inflatable ones instead. Not that I don’t like rope-work!
It’s just that these modern fenders work much better and double as additional flotation and as rollers if I chose to drag the boat onto stony beach. Marine-blue color, they are lashed along both freeboards with slipped clove hitch so can be removed instantly.
Transom got protection leather pad where outboard engine will sit. I decided to sell my old 6hp engine as it seemed too heavy for Ilur. It is substituted by much smaller and lighter 2.5hp unit which I can lift with one hand. As it is a new motor I started breaking-in procedure.
It warmed water quite nicely so I used it to wash amine blush from recently epoxy-coated galley box which I build for Louve.
Next will come sanding and varnishing, then fittings for lashing on the boat. I hope to have it finished before launch but that may be too optimistic.