Short day on the project today as it seemed really chilly. The epoxy I poured yesterday was still soft to the fingernail this morning, so it is colder than normal.

Last thing yesterday, I used the big hole cutter to make a stack of pieces of one by four with two and a half inch holes in their centres. This morning I cut an angled base on that stack to make them into a jig to cut holes at an angle in the queen plank and the base for the mizzen mast. One of the above pictures shows that jig clamped on to the queen plank, just to give some indication of the creativity allowed in doing this kind of work! Easier to do it than explain.

The second picture of the set is the happy mast holder propped in place, using the perfectly angled holes in the plank and base. Once again, in case Canada Customs is reading this blog, I am waiting on the arrival of the gudgeons and pintles so this project can move ahead again in a logical fashion.

Last exercise of the day was the trimming and gluing of the pieces of wood to make the tiller/steering assembly. That piece is under the clamps for the next hours, so pictures will be delayed.