Happy New Year to all.  We took a break from posting on the blog, celebrating the holidays with our younger son, Mathew, and our Grandaughter, Cheyenne and their dogs, Katie, and Willy.  All this time Richard has been sanding, and more sanding.  There is a lot of sanding to do to get the bottom ready for painting.  We also put another layer of fiberglass cloth on the hard chines to add strength to that area.  We are also putting another layer of light fiberglass cloth on the transom as we want to finish the transom bright (bright means natural)  That is tomorrow's job, I think.
 We added stern rub rails, which show in one of the pictures.   We are getting closer to the point when we will be able to turn the boat over and on to the trailer.  That will be very interesting, as we are not sure how we will do that-hopefully with lots of helpers!  However, first comes the fine sanding, the primer and then the paint on the bottom.