It is a good feeling to put a major project to bed. There is now one coat of ablative antifouling on the hull hiding all of those fortified epoxy barrier coats that cover the various filled scrapes and other repairs. The new stern tube worked out just fine. It looks a lot like the original, but it is now in perfect alignment. The now gone trim tab is faired in well. The bulge visible on the right is for the engine.

Prepping the teak toe rails, eyebrows, coamings, etc. is nearing completion, and I expect to finish sealing them in December. Chainplate fabrication and installation will follow. There should be sufficient nice days to finally get a couple of coats of primer on the deck before the weather forces me below.

I think this deserves a bit of celebration.