A lot of invisible things are halfway done like fairing the hull in preparation of glassing, cleaning the interior in preparation for varnish etc. More on that another time. Or never. It's a lot of sweat, sanding, scraping and wiping all to no visual advantage.
I'm in the process of varnishing the inside of the fore and aft lockers because I'm about to close those those spaces. The varnish I'm using does not have to be sanded between coats and I can easily put down 2 coats a day.
My sheer clamp is sick! Sap stain, a fungal infection. It did not look as pronounced before varnishing. Anyway, it is said to usually not affect the strength properties of the wood. The fungus does nothing in dry wood (as in below 22 percent humidity content) so I better keep my boat dry ;) .
Also: the foredeck and cockpit are now fully braced. The braces are encapsulated in 3 layers of epoxy, wet-on-tacky.
Somehow small jobs like that take hours - between the cutting of weirdly shaped load bearing slots in uncomfortable locations, fitting, sanding and beveling the timbers - many hours of work are poured into such small elements.
One of the braces has a knot - which I noticed only now in the picture. I've handled that piece for I don't know how long and only now do I see a big defect. Luckily the knot is on the top half, comes out on the side just next to where it sticks out the top. I'm gonna let it be.
I'll continue on the interior: floor timbers and bunk supports.
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