The progress is steady but most of the progress in the past week were time consuming, not very visible steps toward completion. The biggest and most difficult mold to manufacture is the superstructure mold. I am thrilled that it will completed by the end of the week. The part will take a couple of weeks to pull, but then we …
A Beehive of Activity
For the last half of last week and all weekend we were working the Anacortes Boat Show so I didn’t get any time to post any new pictures. This morning I found that there had been quite a bit of progress made.The pictures above and below are of the 600 gallon fuel tanks. These are one integral tank that has …
Tanks A Lot
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…..er other building where the 42 is being built….things are progressing. Below is the black water/gray water tankage being fitted. This is one continuous poly tank with a separator inside. The black water tank capacity is 125 gallons while the gray water is 30 gallons. The large tankage is to allow extended stays in no discharge …
Getting Ready for #2
Paolo, Stuart (standing), and Don are inspecting the bow thruster tube installation.(Left to Right) Jamie, Phil, and Dave are discussing the plumbing runs that will be under the forward cabin sole. These are all pre assembled out of the boat to make the installation process more efficient. After this discussion, it was decided to change to a better plumbing material. …
The new building that we moved the hull to is only going to be used for hull #1. It has been difficult playing “musical buildings” for the last several months but space large enough and tall enough to build yachts is a bit scarce these days. With 12 (plus or minus) boat builders in Skagit county, a lot of the …
Arise…go forth…and conquer….
It has been a few days since I added to this blog, but things have been progressing. As you can see from the picture to the left, the hull is now completely out of the mold and is being prepared for moving to the building where it will be completed. The building where the hull was laid up is not …
Popping the Mold
Today was another banner day. I have been busy all week and unable to get down and take pictures of the bulkheads installed but I guess they are in there as today we split the mold. Here is a picture of the mold before splitting. They have installed the tracks on either side so that once the mold is split, …
Ready for Bulkheads and Floor
The crew was mostly off to lunch so I had a chance to get some good shots of the inside of the hull. As you will notice, the stringers are molded in making the hull and stringers one piece. The areas where the port lights and hawes holes go are of solid (not cored) fiberglass. In the left picture you …
The Laying of the Keel
Today is a big day, one that we have been anticipating since the beginning of our project. It is the first day in building the boat. If it were in olden times, it would be considered the “laying of the keel”. Today we infused the hull. In previous postings you have seen the mold with the dry stack of materials …
NW 42: Progress Report
Hull in process of having inner layers of mat installed. Note stringers to be infused integrally to the hull. Stern sections showing stringers and aft bilge area of the wide keel. Another look at the stringers; one has been covered with mat, the other will soon be covered. The hull is nearly ready to have the resin infused into the …