Hyia all! We have not given up even if thing have slowed down a lot due to a lot of reasons. Looking forward to restarting as soon as we can, we have purchased the eye bolts specified for the boat, which are impossible to find in Italy. I had to order them from a British company which only ships to UK and Ireland, so I had them shipped to my son who lives in Scotland and then he carried those home when visiting for the christmas holidays.