What are you overall impressions of the kit straight out of the box?
My first impression is that that it's a quality piece of kit ! The hull is beautifully moulded, no flaws and the fittings seem first class, well made and thought out. Having done some 1 metre racing I'm used to looking at yacht fittings and these are nice, if a bit smaller than those I'm used to.
There's a comprehensive building book, plan, parts list etc etc. in fact it looks like it's going to be fun to build. I've tried my hand at sailing a couple of the other members MMs, which convinced me to get my own, the handling characteristics seemed very sophisticated for a boat of this size, with the added advantage that you can pop it on the seat of the car !. Lugging all the paraphernalia associated with 1 metres was wearing me out.
Anyway I'm starting, very slowly, to assemble some of the parts while reading as much as I can on other people's efforts. There are a couple of obvious difficult procedures, like joining the hull to the deck, that's worrying me a bit but I'll do a few dry runs to try everything before I commit myself.
Any advice on the difficult bits, much appreciated !