Polytunnel frame - the beginning of it all... The structure was

completed in four or five days.

Frames

Stripping commences - I tried wet stripping but found it infuriatingly

slow so switched to 'dry' stripping. Much faster and less messy.

The End Of Planking (hull 1).

I filled and did some limited fairing of hull 1 before...

Calling a few friends to help with The Lift

Which was unexpectedly easy.

I left some frames in to give the hull some stiffness. Here's me

checking for post-lift damage...

Spending some time in my hanging thinking chair (notice the highly effective arctic camouflage net - effective at reducing the greenhouse effect in addition to winter invisibility) and...