Setting up the second main hull half

Arrived at my new construction site. Fitting out the new workshop turned out to be far more time-consuming than anticipated. But now everything is arranged exactly the way I want it, and this weekend I finally had the feeling that I was boatbuilding again — instead of endlessly organising, cleaning up company materials, dragging heavy girders around, hoisting oversized winches, routing electrical wiring, and building (and dismantling again) incomplete scaffolding.

Ironically, that scaffolding — despite missing components — was still strong enough to support the main hull half for a while, something that would not even have been necessary had I installed the electric winches first. Lessons learned.

At one point, while the building was closed, a security guard suddenly appeared behind me without making a sound. I was genuinely startled. He had been alerted by neighbours who were concerned about the noises, as normally nobody is around during the weekend. In that sense, the local social control worked just fine.

Once everything was finally in place, the fun returned. Working in the new workshop is noticeably faster thanks to the extra space, better equipment, fewer distractions, and less socialising.

That said, there are now many critical observers — my colleagues. No doubt the work will be inspected on Monday morning, with some discussion about the working pace of their “boss”…