Promptly at 8:00 AM, I checked for my weekly "Friday" photos only to discover there was no email from Outer Reef. Funny how you get addicted to Friday photos. They "finally" arrived at 10:07 AM (2 hours and 7 minutes late).
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| Week 18. The hull just after removal from the mold last week |
The hull had now been moved to a new location where I'm told it will remain for the remainder of construction. The photo below shows that they have cut out the holes for the 12 inch hydraulic bow thruster tube. It also shows that they have defined the water line and have begun roughing up the fiberglass in preparation for the bottom coatings, which consist of 5 coats of epoxy primer followed by two coats of black anti fouling paint.
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| Week 19. Hull moved to a new location as work proceeds on the bottom |
The selection of the the final bottom paint product is still under discussion and represents a fairly important decision as the paint selected has to be of a type that can be cleaned by divers. Boats in salt water have to have their bottoms cleaned at least monthly to prevent the build-up of growth on the hull and the running gear.
The tape around the port holes indicates that the shipyard has been doing fiberglass work after removal of the plugs that were in place during hull lay-up.
Work has been progressing on the interior.
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| Week 19. Overhead view show shower stall installation |
Notice in the photo above, taken from on high, you can see fiberglass shower stalls for the VIP and master staterooms (both located on the starboard side). You also get a pretty good view of the compartments from the bulkhead structures. Moving from aft to forward:
- Lazaratte
- Engine room (note the thick insulated "white peg board" bulkheads)
- Space between engine room at master for storage lockers and stabilizer gear
- Master stateroom (with shower to the right)
- Stairwell to starboard and VIP shower
- VIP (V-berth)
- Anchor locker
The perspective on this photo makes the accommodations look small and cramped in relation to the engine room and lazarette. The accommodations actually represent about 60% of the below deck space as shown in the diagram below.
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| Diagram showing the compartments below deck |
Below are photos of the newly installed shower stalls.
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| VIP shower stall located adjacent to stairwell on starboard side |
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| Master head shower stall (looking aft) |
The photo below shows the superstructure still in the mold. Note the structure at the bottom of the photo. That is the swim (boarding) platform and transom (see photo of completed boat below)
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| Superstructure with transom and swim platform |
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| Aft view of completed completed boat's transom and swim platform |
I'm told that stuff starts to happen fairly quickly as work is going on concurrently in the woodshop. Stay tuned for the next week's installment.
Readers will also notice that I changed the "official" photo.
Written by Les.
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