Long time, no work... honestly its been tough to get things done recently. Weather, health, time available, time change (no daylight) and life in general has combined to keep much from getting done. For me at least, that kind of builds on itself and its rough to get moving again. I get to the point of making excuses to keep from working on things.

Well, got past it today. Once we were out there, Dane and I had a good time.

Started off doing a little work for a friend who needed some wood cut, which kind of helped get back in the swing of things, and got me motivated to get the tools out. Moved from there to seat backs. Not glamourous, but it helps to have somewhere to sit, and being able to lean back when you're sitting sure helps the comfort level.

Started with the starboard side seat at the table. Added another vertical board (the original design has a solid bulkhead here) and a cross piece. Using another small strip attached to the seatback lets it "hook" over the crosspiece and stay in place, but still be removable.

I've modified the design to allow for a third birth. I am using this seatback to "fill in" over the lowered table area to get enough length for Dane to have a bed.

Seat back support

View from the front

Also got the seatback for the bench seat on the port side cut. This piece will also serve double duty and become the other half of the berth in the walkway area.

Bench back

Last chore was correcting a little problem I discovered over the holidays when showing the build off to a friend who was here for Christmas. It seems that the window frame on the rear cabin door intruded into the space for one of the rear cockpit side lockers to open if the door was slid back. There is a gap on that side between the locker and the cabin wall to allow for the door to slide, and that was fine, but the lid to the locker overhung into the gap slightly and although fine with the door, didn't allow things to open with the window frame.

Dane and I unmounted the lid and trimmed it back a little