Deck down

Today, the two halves of the mould were reunited again. That is, the deck got bonded to the hull. Quite a moment. Not many 32s have laid decks, and of course this is the first to have a Kebony laid deck, and it looks beautiful. It was quite surreal to see the deck suspended a foot above the hull with Jeremy and John Osey busy down below fixing things. I was so glad it wasn't my job to make sure the two halves fitted - because once you've committed there really is no going back. How amazing to be witnessing the evolution of the boat like this. There is still a lot to be done before the Southampton Boat Show, 10th September, but Jeremy seems relatively calm so either he's a good actor, or it's all under control!

Bonding

Easter holidays are upon us (at least they're upon Fiona and me), Jeremy and Kit are mostly found down at the yard "bonding", that's sticking bits of bulk head in and other structural stuff and generally creating the internal layout of the boat. Much progress has been made, the deck has been fitted and come off again, the water tank is in place, the electric cables are all run and the boys are able to see where their bunks will be. As the boat progresses the list of "stuff" inevitably grows and one of our main jobs is researching suppliers to verify their environmental credentials - something we are doing with help from the Green Blue. Yesterday, old friend and low carbon guru Mukti Mitchell got in touch and is going to show me how to calculate Calypso's carbon footprint. Hopefully there is a section which factors in low energy father and son bonding!