Photo’s showing the evolution of Diddy-Da.
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- The main panels
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- Taking shape
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- Preparing the bottom
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- Preparing daggerboard cases
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- Daggerboard cases attached
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- Shaping the gunwale
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- Outer hull completed
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- Basic hull shape from above
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- Starting to prepare the cockpit
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- Initial cabin construction
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- Cabin taking shape
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- Fitting out cockpit
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- Internal frames of cabin
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- Preparing dagger-boards
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- Fore-deck in place
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- Just the right cabin height
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- Hanging stowage
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- Hanging lockers
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- Cabin hatches in place
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- The mast blank
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- Careful with that drill
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- Rigging threaded into mast
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- Nearly finished upperworks
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- Epoxy sheath
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- Diane on glue duty
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- Cockpit lockers
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- Lifting dagger-boards
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- Chris checking my work
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- Preparing the rudder
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- Compact stowage
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- Painted hull
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- Homemade steamer
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- Still on the skate-board
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- Gently does it!
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- Safe on the trailer
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- Raising the mast
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- Mast, boom and rudder
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- Named and antifouled
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- Heading for the water
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- Titchmarsh marina
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- Afloat at last
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- Sailing off Harwich
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- Heading for 'Rough Towers'
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- Nice day for a sail
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- Beached for the day
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- Under full sail
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- Dave in a calm sea
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- Heading for Holland
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- Appoaching Holland!
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- Dutch harbour
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- Dutch windmill