The end is nigh!

 Hulls without the blue tape:

Getting into some sky blue paint, though (access hatch covers):

The stainless steel tube and cheeks by the foremost ama are the rudder in progress. More on that later.

Hisself:

 Blue coming into the coaming as well. That white thing above on the bow is a handle. It's very light and much easier to do than rope.

Much more blue now:

The blue plastic pieces in the foreground will be my gudgeons. The blue circular pad holds a pad-eye that will anchor the ends of the steering lines and the main sheet.

The elastic cord holding the aft hatch cover in place is one piece, with the tied join hidden in one of the nylon webbing tie-downs.

The paddle was a found object with a broken blade that I replaced with foam, glass and carbon fibre.

The fore hatch cover is held on by an elastic cord that is tied to the stem. No latches, no metal.

In the photo above you can see the mast step, which is a pair of aluminum angle bar pieces with a horizontal line of holes through both, for pinning the tab at the bottom of the mast. The black strapping hanging down is my backrest, which is a piece of seat belt material epoxied in, with a buckle to starboard and a lumbar support hidden below.

The tubing under the forward end of the cockpit coaming is the turn-around for the continuous-loop steering line. 

The mast will be held into the mast partners there by rope attached to a cleat under the fore deck.

I followed this river otter along the waterfront walkway for awhile, without it sensing my presence:

It's looking out for dogs. It would move along a ways and then lie down for awhile. It was heading for the water, from the condo yards, it seemed. It happened that no-one came along but me.