I’ve just spent a weekend on my hands and knees…and my knees are constantly reminding me about it. It hasn’t taken long to realise that there isn’t much room down below in these boat – especially if you have a canting keel and keel box to fit in there. I’m hoping that once I get sailing rather than preping I’ll be spending a bit more time on deck – something like 18+ hours a day if reports are anything to go by.

The main task was to glass in the keel box – which surrounds the keel and stops the water pouring into the boat. It’s not a structural or load bearing bit of the boat but you certainly wouldn’t want to lose it if it sustained some sort of impact.