On the other hand, the mechanics and electricians do all of their work in place. Plumbing, wiring and various mechanical advices make steady and visible progress.
Air conditioner – May 2008
Door to aft head – May 2008
Anchor / bow roller – Apr 2008
Boxing in the ring frame – Apr 2008
Opening window in the dodger – Apr 2008
Fixed windows in the dodger – Apr 2008
Very slick bottom – Apr 2008
Refer boxes almost ready to be installed – Apr 2008
Boot stripes from the bow – Apr 2008
The rub rail will get a stainless cap – Apr 2008
Fresh paint makes the deck hardware pop out – Apr 2008
Freshly painted! – Apr 2008
And she’ll have a white bottom too – Apr 2008
Nomen cleat – Apr 2008
First hardware down – Apr 2008
Wide angle lens makes the cockpit look huge! – Apr 2008
Wind generator controller, alternator rectifiers, muffler – Apr 2008
Salon – Apr 2008
Electric winch solenoids above, power distribution below – Apr 2008
Forward cabin – Apr 2008
Nav station and port side of salon – Apr 2008
Freshly painted cockpit! – Apr 2008
Headliner support structure – Mar 2008
Multipurpose line exit at forward end of cabin top – Mar 2008
Galley sink and dish locker – Mar 2008
Nav station and settee – Mar 2008
Under the dodger – Mar 2008
Transom lockers before shelves – Mar 2008
Profile with dodger – Mar 2008
Joinery around head board – Feb 2008
Settee joinery on port side of salon – Feb 2008
Cabinets in the aft head – Jan 2008
The nav station takes shape – Jan 2008
Backstay (string) conflict with deck hardware? Jan 2008
Nope, no conflict when viewed from this angle – Jan 2008
Simulated backstay came from the overhead hoist – Jan 2008
Bow roller with the pulpit – Jan 2008
Closer look at the bow roller assembly – Jan 2008
Chainplates tapped and ready to be bolted – Jan 2008
Day tank and fuel system plumbing – Jan 2008
Engine exhaust pipe – Jan 2008
Boiler for hydronic space heating and domestic hot water – Jan 2008
Port primary winch motor aft the boiler – Jan 2008
Sheet and line bins aft the port utility winch – Jan 2008
Tentative deck hardware placement – Jan 2008
The deck rises towards the bow from the starboard quarter – Jan 2008
Rudder post with gator and quadrant – Dec 2007
Forward head without joinery – Dec 2007
Salon looking aft to the galley – Dec 2007
Engine access from port side – Dec 2007
Positioning the deck hardware on the port quarter – Dec 2007
Spacious cockpit – in the shade! – Dec 2007
Cockpit viewed from the transom – Dec 2007
Galley inboard counter slides forward for engine access – Dec 2007
Joinery for the aft head – Dec 2007
Toilet installed in forward head – Nov 2007
Bookshelves installed to starboard of the mast – Nov 2007
Joinery frames installed in the galley – Nov 2007
Looking aft to the companionway – Nov 2007
Forward cabin – Nov 2007
Stainless fuel manifold – Nov 2007
Salon viewed from the galley – Nov 2007
Bow locker – Nov 2007
The deck is lowered onto the hull – Oct 2007
Main water tank is in place – Oct 2007
Starting to fit the top of the ring frame – Oct 2007
Engine room insulation – Oct 2007
Platform for the washer/dryer – Oct 2007
Plastic shroud contains dust when fairing the hull – Oct 2007
Manifold for cockpit and lazarette drains – Oct 2007
Engine shaft log glassed in – Oct 2007
Starboard side of forward bunk – Sep 2007
Aft face of forward bunk – Sep 2007
Inboard bulkhead of aft head – Sep 2007
The forward bunk will mate into this small bulkhead – Sep 2007
Engine and shaft in place – Sep 2007
A last look before the deck goes on – Sep 2007
Looking down into the salon, aft head and aft cabin – Sep 2007
Cable tie pads for wiring – Sep 2007
Looking aft through the companionway and engine compartment – Sep 2007
The shower is dropped into the forward head – Sep 2007
V1 chain plate – Sep 2007
Settee joinery – Aug 2007
Battery boxes installed – Aug 2007
Checking the fit of the forward bunk – Aug 2007
Outboard galley cabinets – Aug 2007
Forward bunk mockup – Aug 2007
Bow thruster installed – Aug 2007
Mocking up the location of the fuel filters – Jul 2007
Fuel tanks installed – Jul 2007
Pristine bilge! Jul 2007
Fuel tanks about to be installed – Jun 2007
Hull installed in the new building – Jun 2007
Lower portion of ring frame – May 2007
Alternators mounted to sled and engine mounts – May 2007
Engine bed – DWL means Design Water Line – Apr 2007