Practice makes perfect – one of my favorite mantra’s, I repeat it daily about one thing or another… usually about something like eating cake. With each frame constructed, my execution, accuracy and speed improved. The third frame is indeed stout… pretty? well, not so much. The design is a near replica of the frame I had on my Nor’sea 27. I  “lofted” this frame design out in 1/2 scale on a piece of plywood. It seems to do the trick, my measurements are close enough, and it looks like with just a few alterations, my frame should work really well.

When I removed the turtle, aka the sea cover from my main hatch, I found a lovely surprise. It’s a throw-back to an earlier time aboard BCC Elizabeth; back to a time when she was known as Dee Dee Ann. A beautiful few inches of varnish, safely hidden beneath the turtle, untouched by the Texas sun’s harsh rays. It’s the past and it’s the future…