I now have the steel blank for my prop shaft and a trial fit has shown I'm slightly out with my alignment...it's fixable.
I was looking around a salvage yard recently and came across a 200mm section of 100mm galvanised waterpipe and I've decided it will make a good mast cap/crane. I was going to make it out of alloy but mild steel will cost me almost nothing and I will get it galvanised. I'm going to use a pattern Victor sent me.

Gary Pick wrote:Everyone is invited but if you come as a punter then it will cost you $30 for the two days.
Oz is one of the great ethnic melting pots these days.:D

http://www.unityfestival.com.au/

Just in case anyone is in the area.

Sounds good, but I'll be stuck in Bali eating nasi bakar by then..

Gary Pick wrote:The stern tube is now well and truly glued in place so fingers crossed I've got it right. My partner Kerry has a cultural food and music event in about 3 weeks so I'm not sure how much more I will get done till after it. I'm automatically a volunteer.:D
Still if it goes off as we expect it to there maybe a cash flow to the boat and as we all know that never goes astray.

But Gary you're in Oz are you not? Cultural not a word commonly associated with Oz! :-)

Like Annie says, are we invited :-)

The stern tube is now well and truly glued in place so fingers crossed I've got it right. My partner Kerry has a cultural food and music event in about 3 weeks so I'm not sure how much more I will get done till after it. I'm automatically a volunteer.:D
Still if it goes off as we expect it to there maybe a cash flow to the boat and as we all know that never goes astray.

What do you still have to do Jeff?

If anyone reads e-books here's a stack of free nautical e-books.
http://www.manybooks.net/categories/NAU/1