On a roll

Another milestone reached today as we managed to round up enough friends to turn the hull the right way up. The manoeuvre involved removing the hull from the 'shed', resting one side on trestles and lowering the other down onto an old mattress, then setting up a restraining rope through the keel bolt holes and attached to an obliging tree via a block and tackle. The hull was then pushed over and shuffled a bit and carefully lowered onto the deadwood. Ropes placed underneath were then used to lift the boat back into the shed where the old building frame was taken out and new supports put in. It all went pretty smoothly with nine people involved. We know it has been done with six people but eight to ten makes it quite easy. The team the retired for beers and lunch.  Here are the photographs. Oh also this week, the engine arrived. It won't be going in for a while but it is a tight fit and having it in the shed will allow D to take measurements off it as he starts the fit out.