Finish cockpit cover and added last part of cockpit sole

Today we spent a large part of the morning fixing the wooden posts that will act as support for  our wooden cover.

We also set about doing the final polishing on the benches and their hatches. The next part of the work will involve the gluing the benches in place.

While unbolting the wood of the cover we had surprise. Turns out that one of the holes we drilled in the Iroko wood was not straight and while we were removing the bolt in it, the bolt actually broke instead of making a new path for itself through the wood. Though we were using marine grade stainless steel bolts. the metal turned out less strong than the wood as it came out completely bent and broken.

The last parts of the cockpit sole has been glued in place. This part took some time to add as the space underneath it will be used as a water storage compartment later on. It will also serve to stabilize the boat in case of choppy waters.

We also had a surprise in the afternoon as we found a book on our bookshelves called "Elementary Seamanship" that none of us had ever seen. We simply have no idea how we came to possess that particular book.