The cabin top was built in the shop, on rainy days, in parrallele with
the deck plating. All the sides and deck beams had been Nc cut so it
was more an assembly job that construction.
The cabins are all bolted to a flange welded to the deck. We
wanted to keep the cabin tops removable for several reasons. We will
not be limited during the construction or even later by the size of the
hatch openning but also we wanted to replace the steel cabin tops by
wood ones , down the road, we can. For now steel is faster an cheaper.
Welding in the edges and flanges of the holding tank.
The welding of four integral fuel tanks
Last view of an open inside, before I start welding in the two bulkeads
and compartment the boat.
The
fitting of bulkheads. I
cut my bulkhead plates based on measurments from the CAD model. The
plates fit in without much adjustments. As I was to fit the bulkheads
on my own, I figured it would be helpful to tack the framing in to hold
the plate up. That worked very well.
While I was doing all this Mark was busy grinding the welds. Grind,
grind, grind...non ending grinding
Smooth chiny seams
The aft bulkhead on its way iin the boat.
This one was a little trickier to handle,it was a big plate in a small
volume.
Aft bulkhead welded in. View in the engine/navigation room.
Looking back from the bow compartment at the main compartment. The two
will be seperated by a water titgh door..
The bulwarks needed a finish touch too.
The small
ledge will be used to used to bolt down a wood cap.
When finnished it should sort of look like this
In
the fall of
2007 we had to say goodbye to our old dog Moon. We knew it was coming,
but were to naive to realize how much it was going to affect us. I have
spent 11 years with Moon by my side, I should of known it was going
to take some time to find myself after loosing her. I haden't thought
that loosing my buddy could affect so much the project, but it did. The
winter has been
very slow, I temporarly lost my drive and interest in the boat. I spent
a lot of time building a new relationship with our puppy, Marley.
Things are changed but I am now
back in the groove and more than ever want to get the boat
done.
My first winter (07-08) has been building a hatch for bow.
Unfortanately I don't like it so much. Eventually, I'd really like to
make one out of wood or at least aluminum to make it lighter. That will
probably not happen before the boat goes in the water. This picture
shows well why I don't like working in the shop in the winter; the
welding fumes make it way to smoky.
A little more dressed up deck
The front hatch in place
I also made the chainplates over the winter. Fancy, aren't they? It
will be those sort of details that will give the boat it's classic
look. I really don't want to skimp on giving it its style.
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