Our hull #1 got wet for the first time on Tuesday. This was a quick in and out test to verify all the calculations in the weight study.She still sits quite high in the water but there is much to be added. When loaded, hull #1 will be quite a bit heavier than a standard boat. As you have read …
Hull #2 and Judy Waldman
Judy Waldman, our representative from Fort Lauderdale, Florida came to visit us this week and she was on hand to see Hull #2 during the infusion process. Judy may be one of the most knowledgeable yacht brokers I know who handle true passagemaking yachts. It has been fun to have her finally see in person the operation we have been …
Continued Progress
The electrical crew has been pre-cutting the wiring in preparation of wiring the boat. This is just part of what will be installed. All the wiring is color coded and tinned. The tinned wire is considerably more expensive than standard copper wire but the benefit is that in years to come the owner of a Northwest 42 should have no …
The Boat Deck
I’m sorry that I didn’t get pictures of the boat deck being installed today. I was at a business seminar and missed it. But here are a couple of photos I took this evening. The lamination crew will bond it in place but the accuracy of the mold made it so that there was only a very minimal amount of …
On The Road Again!!!
Today was moving day………again…. We have been building in a temporary facility and now we are moving the boat to our new building. The building has a bit of history as it formerly was used by Northern Marine as a manufacturing facility. A lot of our crew (former Northern people) worked here for many years. More recently the building was …
Single Stateroom Layout and Engine Room Changes
There have been many requests for a single stateroom layout for the 42……so below is the Steve Davis rendering of how it would look. The bed is a king size bed and there is plenty of room to move around the spacious stateroom. Also note that the head has two sinks. The entry arrangement to the head is designed so …
Much Progress
We just got back from Trawler Fest in Poulsbo. What a great time and thanks to everyone who came by the booth and/or our two brokerage boats we displayed to say hi. I was surprised at the number of people who told me they are reading this blog and visiting our website regularly. (I guess I should be more diligent …
Superstructure Infusion
I was a bit late getting over for the infusion. As you can see above, the bag is in place and the lines are filled with resin. They began a couple of hours ago and here it is nearly completePatrick (yellow shirt) is inspecting to make sure that the resin is uniformly infusing. You can see all of the tubes …
More Details
In the above picture you can see some of the hydraulic valving, pumps, etc. that comprise the hydraulic system in hull #1. The pump that you see at the left of the picture is attached to the generator and will provide power for the BAT drive “get home” system. The pump is cross plumbed to the main hydraulic system in …
Big Boat Engineering
The articulating rudder is now installed and the upper support bracket can be seen at the right above. This is one very robust stainless steel structure. When they get it assembled with the tiller arm and hydraulics I will point out why our steering system is superior to most installations. Almost everything used in the boat is oversized or larger …