Hi Kim, Good to hear from you. It is an unusual boat, but I really like the design and the colour scheme. It should be an eye catching and unique model. I think I may have had Covid 19 at the beginning of March. I went on a Ski Trip to France, and the day after I returned I went down with a fever for a few days, and I had a cough that took about 3 weeks to clear up. However without being tested it's impossible to know for sure. But luckily I am back to normal now, and the wife and kids didn't catch my bug fortunately.
You are right about it being satisfying making everything from scratch; I find the moment when you release the hull from the mould and it has turned out ok, to be extremely satisfying! All that work put in over the preceding months suddenly comes to fruition! Hopefully this will go well tomorrow. Next job will be to start making the deck mould.
I believe that all RNLI activities including training launches has been stopped, and the ALC in Poole has been shut down (although they are still responding to emergencies). We will have to wait and see when the lockdown is lifted, to know if any open days will go ahead this year.
I hope you and your wife have escaped the bug.
All the best,
Charlie