The turtleback foredeck allows sitting headroom in this forward berth also. A small hinged forehatch and opening porthole give sufficient air circulation. The deck wash and toilet bucket stows in the after locker abaft the self-bailing cockpit. The small forward cockpit, besides carrying a light anchor and warp, allows the crew to sit down to the job of muffling the headsail or to be able to lean over the bow to pick up the mooring without a boat hook. The hull is cold-molded upside down over longitudinally battened molds of two 4mm diagonal skins covered by a third skin of 5mm thickness laid longitudinally like carvel planking.
Epoxy adhesive is used throughout.
The hull is coated outside and inside with epoxy resin. No fibreglass is needed. After turning over, the laminated floors and frames and plywood partial bulkheads are added. A longitudinal plywood box member provides a base for the berths and some storage space, as well as great longitudinal rigidity for the hull. The galley lockers and bulkheads supply ample transverse stiffness for the mast and shrouds and tie in the centreboard case nicely.