This week, after the Christmas break, Douglas, Marianne and Stephen worked with the hail showers rattling overhead. Douglas was keen to get Loughie's views on some changes he has made on his new boat - the old colour is gone, replaced with a dark varnish, and some streamlining of the keel has also been done. Marianne brought down the old Brockley boat, to compare with the new ones as well as Loughie's old boat, and continued the shaping of the new hull with chisels. Stephen finally got to the stage of being able to begin the hollowing out of the hull. This is a two-step process, with a mix of old and new methods. An electric drill is used repeatedly to break up the surface, while most of the content is removed manually with 'gouges': curved edged chisels.