toerail

Finally got a toe rail on! In August the sponsor and I got some kauri stock and cut and bevelled it. I'd chipped off the old toerail on the port side because there was some rot there in spots.

I'd scarfed up two pieces as you can see in the pictures, but once the first bit was on, decided not to join themup, as the three quarter length toerail makes it look a bit more sporty I reckon.

Anyway, the same will happen to the starboard side before long (even though there's nothing wrong with it), as she looks a bit imbalanced now.

Mike gave me a hand. In these pics he's using a punch to finish driving the square shank copper nails I'd banged in. The sponsor turned up again a bit later and she can be seen trimming the bungs after I've got them glued. We managed to get one coat of varnish on before the encroaching dark and beer slowed us down.

The wind turned quickly to the South in the evening, bringing a lot of cloud and a great big rainbow. So took some pics of that too.