Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina where we are attending the 2013 Outer Reef Rendezvous.
Friday photos are like a treasure hunt. Why you ask? Simple. The photos are not annotated. Hence, you have to look at each photo and determine what has changed. After I've exhausted my ideas I call Mike Schlichtig, my contact at Outer Reef, to see how much I got right. At best, I bat 70%.
The big change this week is seen in the overhead photo. Notice the newly installed aluminum frame for salon floor. Also notice the two large open sections in the center. Those are openings for the engines. Frankly I'm surprised that the engines are not mounted before the flooring is installed. A question for my friends at Outer Reef. Meanwhile, those open sections are there in the unlikely event an engine has to be lifted or removed from the boat.
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| Week 24. Overhead view showing salon and pilothouse sub floor |
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| Week 23 for comparison |
Move forward and we see both the aluminum frame and the marine plywood sub floor for the galley and pilot house. We also see that the stairs leading up from the salon. On the right (starboard) of the stairs will be the GE Monogram side by side refrigerator, pantry, storage and wine cooler. On the port side will be the stove, sink microwave, cooktop, oven and the island (as shown as built in the photo below).
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| View of the finished galley |
Friday photos beside being a treasure hunt are also a puzzle as in how does this all fit together. The photo below answers one of those questions.
Here we see the superstructure (or house) lying upside down on the shipyard floor. Its been there so long its getting moldy (just a joke - but I do not understand the green coating). Flip the house right side up in your mind and insert it on top of the hull and bingo, you have something that begins to look like the finished boat. Recall that the white fiberglass area closest to you is the swim platform and transom. The area just forward of that is the aft deck which forms the ceiling over the lazarette. Far forward of the pilot house windows is the underside of the bow which forms the ceiling over the VIP.
Another part of the puzzle. Notice on port side (which is your right side in the photo) the tree openings. These are openings for the three port holes in the master stateroom (just over the bed). That part of the structure drops several feet into the hull adding to structural integrity.
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| Week 24. House structure |
Moving back to the hull. The photo below is a view of the port side of the master stateroom. The worker appears to be doing something related to the three port lights (holes). Notice the wooden furniture in the foreground. Those are the end tables that will be placed on either side of the king size bed.
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| Week 24. Cabinetry for the master stateroom awaiting installation |
In the photo below we see the queen size berth being installed in the VIP stateroom.
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| Week 24. Queen size berth installed in the VIP stateroom |
There is also progress in the engine room and lazarette. In the photo below we see bases for the 16 KW and 12 KW generators
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| Week 24. Engine room looking aft. |
The next two photos are of the lazarette. One looking forward and one looking aft. In the first we see that the two 150 gallon auxiliary fuel tanks are in position. Look hard just to the left of the port side tank and you can see the port side muffler is now in place. The next photo shows that the rudder posts and steering gear were installed this week. Notice also the drains running along the longitudinal stringers.
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| Week 24. Fuel tanks in position. Port side muffler installed |
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| Week 24. Newly installed rudder posts and steering gear |
This articles was written on Saturday evening, June 8, just after we returned from the Outer Reef Rendezvous dinner party aboard the USS Yorktown. More on the rendezvous in about three days.
Tomorrow we leave for Chicago. We plan to spend summer and fall in the windy city.
Written by Les.
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