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# Matching Bulkhead 8 to the Sterns
- URL: https://seanation.org/matching-bulkhead-8-to-the-sterns/
- Published: 2024-07-05T14:52:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T14:25:18.000Z
- Description: I’m correcting for a badly placed rear bulkhead by matching bulkhead 8 to the sterns that actually exist. It’s not affecting the boat itself, but it is making the job considerably more awkward.
- Author: Monika Matis
- Tags: Ikaroa, #story-ikaroa, #facebook-import

I’m not feeling well these past few days, battling a serious headache and cold, so I’m not really doing much today, just easing into the Shabbat.  
But still I’m doing what needs to be done- truthfully I was putting it off knowing that it will be an awful job.  
You see, a helper at the start of this journey made a big mistake (ok, made a lot of mistakes but that one affected me the most!) with placement of one of the rear bulkheads. And I didn’t catch it in time, being distracted by my work as a cabbie. I put too much trust in him and it came back to bite me.  
It won’t be affecting the boat itself, but because of this error I had huge problems with matching sides of the lower hull’s stern and now I need to match bulkhead 8 to the EXISTING sterns - not those which should be. Difference isn’t huge but big enough to cause additional headaches 🙂  
I’m not sure if you ever noticed that in the timelapses- but I often have my headphones on. They have great noise cancellation and are superb to work with noisy stuff. I usually get some audiobooks on - thanks to Audible. There is a lot of choice in there, plenty of books about sailing and it is great to listen to them while working on the boat. And with subscription you not only get a credit for one audiobook to own monthly but also have access to a catalogue of audiobooks which you can simply listen to as long as you subscribe to the service. I have plenty lined up in my collection.  
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