Guided Discovery: Construction: Week 29

Big news! The house has been mated to the hull.

1. House mated to the hull, anchor ports and through hull fittings

The photo above shows:

The house mated to the hull
Anchor chutes being cut into the bow by a worker
four through hull fittings (just below the blue tape above the water line) The fittings have been there since Week 26. I just missed them.
Bowthruster tubes

Below is this week's overview showing the house mated to the hull. In this photo you can see the house windows, pilot house, galley and salon areas and the aft deck. Notice the framing on the aft deck awaiting the teak decking.

2. Overview of the house mated to the hull with aft deck visible

Explanatory Note: The following is the process for mating fiberglass sections. This would include the hull to the house, the flybridge to the walk-around deck covers and the hardtop's cover to its support structure.

Step 1: Sections are glued with 3M 5200 Marine Adhesive
Step 2: Bolts are inserted
Step 3. The adhesive is allowed to cure
Step 4. The seam is fiberglassed, faired and finished

Here are the other photos notated with progress.

3. Flybridge out of mold on floor upside down. Boat deck not visible

You get a sense of the flybridge's size when you notice the worker on the right. You can also see the structure that provider the covers for the walk-arounds. This a separate piece that has been mated to the flybridge structure. See photo below.

Week 27 view of the walk-around deck in the mold

The yacht profile below shows the hull, house, flybridge with hardtop, boat deck, covered walkways and covered aft deck.

Profile of 63

Here are close-up views of the pilot house/galley and salon areas. The area to the right of the stairs in the photo below will house (from aft to forward) a storage locker with shelves, GE Monogram side by side refrigerator, another storage locker with drawers, the wine cooler, file drawer and steps leading to the flybridge.

4. Close-up of galley and pilot house areas, Wall are covered with marine plywood

5. Close-up of salon area. Bulkhead structure for pilot house work table in foreground and stairwell to accommodation

The next photo shows the lazarette looking aft. Notice the inner side of transom structure and the workers. The worker to the right is standing where the stairs will lead from the transom door to the lazarette and then into the engine room. The two photos below show the open lazarette before the house was mated and the house still in the mold with the transom structure attached.

6. Transom structure Note the stairs on either side,

Week 28 view of the lazarette before the house was installed

Week 26 view of the transom attached to the house which is still in the mold

The next photo shows the engine room looking aft. On the port and starboard side you can see a raised platforms for the 12KW & 16KW Northern Lights Generators. The workers are applying epoxy paint to the bilge areas. Epoxy is used as opposed to fiberglass as it is non-porous.

7. Engine room looking aft.

Below are photos of the three staterooms. Progress continues with regard to teak veneer in the staterooms. In the master you can see frames around the handing & storage lockers and the door to the engine room.