This weekend

(Andrew, Ben, Richard.)

We erected the rearmost cabin frame, and the third from the stern.

The third-from-the-stern had a slight 'bump' in that, first time round, we cut the keyway in the top on the wrong side. So we had to start again, scraping out another block of 3in timber from our last plank. But eventually it fitted.

The boat is hardly taking on any water at the moment, which is excellent news. We already know there's a bit coming in past the stern tube (which hasn't been greased in ages) and behind a couple of the metal knees. Yet the boat didn't need pumping at all today, and only at the end of the day yesterday.

None of our power tools broke. We are much in awe of John's Big Angle Grinder which was absolutely spot on for 'unlocking' the permanently-shut padlock on the boatyard gate.

Another boat, Aberystwyth, has arrived at the yard. Aberystwyth was built after the war (with Bangor) by Walkers for BWB, almost as a curious end-of-line Ricky. She was burnt out last year (see here).

Bad Ass was much in evidence. He appears to think the new cabin frames have been especially installed so that he can climb them. He may be right.