The team are hard at work (well, you can tell from the picture) getting the last coats of paint on, and 'Monty' will have an unofficial launch in the next fortnight to give time for the timbers to take up and be ready for the Raid.  As far as the colour scheme is concerned, plan is to go with traditional grey, but with white and blue highlights around the rubbing strip and gunnel.



 Pics from Graham Wright

Work on the outside of the hull is largely complete and 'Monty' has been turned over.  Now for the interior.

The old centre plate had almost rusted away, but this new one, fashioned from steel donated by Apco Engineering, should do the job nicely. 

All going like clockwork (with Johnno busily winding the spring).

Looks like we are going to have a white boat.

Johnno gets some reinforcement in around the centre plate.

Johnno gets a sacrificial shoe attached to the keel.

After weeks of patching and filling and sanding by the team lead by Johnno, an exciting day yesterday: first outside undercoat went on.  There is still debate about what colour it should end up:  one school says stick to some variation of traditional battleship grey.