Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink!

starting to sound like an ancient mariner,
there is the deck fill.

Xantrex charger and inverter

40 Amp charger has been delivered and also an 1800 watt inverter. Thought long and hard about the inverter, but decided in the end that there will never be a better time to put it in. Xantrex have a great reputation, I need to get a battery temp sensor though. I bought a link 20 battery monitor just recently as I had discovered they were stopping production. The pieces are coming together quite well and Dave the electrics man will be let loose soon to do his thing. The one thing I haven't yet sorted out is the transducer for the speed log and depth. This has to integrate with a Raymarine plotter, wind speed and direction. There are always issues with this stuff, it seems to me that nothing is simple.

I already have a raymarine radar bought and had asked Forespar to fit the mount on the mast, so I am hoping that will go smoothly, wait and see.

Tucked nicely into the quarter berth

Close to the battery and close to hand.............all we need now are the CQR and a bit of chain. Good news is that the canadian dollar is up, yeah.

More sparks

Big heavy cables to the Lewmar windlass, thought about the classic ABI, but alas it was too expensive and still requires muscle power, and what with the bad back................ may regret it but wait and see what happens.

You gotta have sole

galley sole has gone in and there is the lever for the foot pump, helps to conserve water when you have to pump it by hand at least that is the theory.

Slot for the frying pan, nicely finished.

An aweful lot of work...

the finished result is fabulous but what a lot of work goes into it. I plan to be taking the door down to Maine at the end of June and can't wait firstly to see if it fits and the secondly to see how it looks.

Full of surprises

Bill is about twenty steps ahead of me, he wondered whether I would like this detail, its for ventilation behind the yellow cedar. Quite elegant and even more functional.

Labour of love

hanging out to dry.........

At least we know where we are going

Suunto compass, my Xmas present from my girls, it even has an LED to cut down on power consumption.

Beautiful Blocks

This is where the mainsheet will be secured, we were lucky to get these padeyes as the co has closed their doors. Even more fortunate to get the blocks, they are harken inside with lignum vitae on the outside. Quite pretty.

Anchor stowage

I have this terrible thought that one day I shall have to play chicken with a CQR on the bowsprit. Consequently I am making a cradle for the anchor on the bowsprit. Without the cradle I suspect the anchor might win. So I asked Bill to rough up a real life model and we shall see what the metal worker has to say............

DECK BOXES NEAR COMPLETION

I put a small lip on the base where the cover fits over and I hope this will keep things a bit drier inside.

THERE THEY ARE IN ALL THEIR GLORY AHEM! They have taken a while to make but I am quite pleased with them. As you can see I have kept the paduk panel "motif" going thru out the boat. First appearring in the table, then the head door and now in the deck boxes. If Bill will let me I plan to include in the wash boards. I didn't varnish the outside as I do not have the varnish that the rest of the boat was completed with, so rather than mix it up....

Ben Ericksen has been a big help giving me a profile for the tops, so that they would follow the coach roof contour, they are likely too tall so they can be easily cut down on the table saw, and I have yet to glue the teak "shoe" on the base. Teak is a lot more resistant to rot than Mahog and as the deck is likely to wet a lot, why not let some teak sit in the puddle rather than the mahog.

I was trying to make the boxes as big as possible so as they can be used for heavy storage really in the center of the boat, hinges etc are not available in this neck of the woods, I plan to have the hinge to the outside and the catch towards the midline.