There will be a steering seat outboard here on the side deck. The seat height will be roughly level the top of the traveler to hopefully allow pretty good visibility over the main cabin top. I've had Richard lower the headroom by 4" to hopefully provide better overall appearance and sight lines while maintaining adequate standing headroom amidships for someone my height.

Cockpit lockers

This week seemed to get away from me a bit, but I did get the outboard lockers most done.

An improving view

Here is the current view out the kitchen window. I've fitted the traveler stand, starboard rudder post and the port aft cabin side. I had planned to do the port cabin end outside, but I want to minimize the amount that needs to be done to get things weather tite. I'm going to finish up the outboard lockers and hatches next and mark the waterlines. The weather can be pretty variable at this time of year with a good amount of rain so need to keep going with smaller projects till late October or so. Also have to rebuild Bill's rudder so that will take up some time.

Start of the cabin top

so the next really big step is of course moving outside and then making the cabin top. Richard is still working on the final design and I want to get as much done inside as possible. I glassed and fitted the lower part of the bridge deck bulkhead so I can finish out the outboard lockers in the next week or so. the large hatch will go in the middle here and there will be a sill added later, but I figured best to keep the entry as open as possible for now.

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I made good progress on this considering I didn't get any wood for the framing until last Thursday morning. The idea is to have a piece separate from the aft beam to bolt the traveler to and also add a bit of security to the back of the cockpit. When I was onboard Romany, i was very uncomfortable with how shallow the cockpit was. The top of this piece will be 24" or standard lifeline height above the cockpit floor.

Traveler Support

Here is the pic that was meant to go with the sander bit.