hehe aye, but its not as bad as it sounds! ..each battery only weighs 6.5kg & each battery will be put in the hull once the hull is in the water & vicer versa, when I've finished sailing, then the batterys will be removed first along with other ballast & then I will remove the hull from water lastly

Here's an update anyway!

Prop shaft & rudder all done, will grab some video soon of it in the water, but i did a dry test with the prop running & its very smooth with no vibrations which is good as it means of course that the alignment is good etc.
Also stained/varnished the wheelhouse & made a start on the wheel, also cut out the rest of the deck pieces which are ready to be fixed in place & also made a cutout on the stern for access to the rudder linkage/servo..
Using some 2mm copper sheet I made some braces for the keel, I made a simple jig using some wooden dowel so just a fraction of the dowel was exposed, I then placed the brass brace over this & tapped it with a hammer, this then gave the shape of the prop shaft so it sat around it snug on the keel..


The top half of keel is screwed in from inside of the hull through a piece of 3x2 block of wood which I fixed in place using Epoxy

I used JB Marine Weld to fix & seal the keel to the Hull & Prop Shaft..


I then covered the keel with JB Marine Weld, this made it solid as well as make it water proof




I then added the copper braces to add strength joining the top & bottom parts of keel to the prop shaft, again these were fixed in place using JB Marine Weld, these were held in place using a few pieces of scrap wood while the Marine Weld set..

Once set I then sanded down to a smooth finish..

I then used some Epoxy Putty to shape the area above the prop joining the keel to the rudder support/rudder shaft, I then coated it using JB Marine Weld & then sanded for a smooth finish..



I cut out the rest of the deck pieces, once I have the electrics sorted, these deck pieces will be perma fixed in place & then covered with some filler..



Hole made for access to Rudder Linkage & Servo..



Wheelhouse Stained & Varnished..



Made a start on the wheel, need to add handles which will be in form of 4mm Brass tube..
