The Engine Has Arrived - Beta 35

Lid is off. It is in the boat she'd but will stay where it is for a while. Lots of other stuff to do before installing.

Bibs and Bobs

 Acro Prop Beach Legs fitted

Engine Room Blower chimney

325 Watt Solar panel plinths

Heater storage for when its not in use.

Windscreen Wiper

 Complicated task. Trying to make a wiper system fit  that will give the largest possible clearance.

The wooden stick is swinging from a nail in the deck beam where the motor shaft will be.

Finally after much experimenting purchased an Exalto LD motor, arm and blade.

Helm Station

Lots to do yet, but that works fo me.

Engine panel on the left.

Auto pilot controller in centre.

Furuno DB 9 on right. GPS, Sounder, Radar.

Windlass up/down on left vertical

12v Jack and double USB on right.

The switchboard / power cupboard is also installed awaiting paint, wire and BEP power panels.

Power Panel

Here is the beginning of the power panel.

Battery switches and DVDRs on the left door Circuit breakers  and battery monitoring on the right door. USB and power jack's at top right.

Dining Table Fitted

The Legun fitting enables the table to be moved through 360 degrees and also out of the way.

A Sneak Peak After A Dry Day

MOre Interprotect on now. All the exterior is now white and waterproofed. It can stay that way until the summer now when I will complete do the undercoat and topcoat.

Galley Bench & Bunk Backrests

Liking the galley bench that Melva varnished. The stove will hang on gimbals just forward of the bench. There will be a double sink unit above the galley doors and a bin to port of that.

The bunk backrests, although only 120mm high, are very comfortable at 15 degrees.

Only a change of colour

Finally started painting. What you see in the photos is some of the first coat of Interprotect.

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Certainly starting to look different. Humid weather is a bit of a hold up with painting the hull. May have to move back into the cabin and continue there.

Rudder Feedback for the Autopilot

Too wet to paint yesterday so spent the day fitting the rudder feedback unit to the tiller.
It is a bit more difficult to do with a transom hung rudder as the feedback unit can't be mounted parallel to the rudder post so had to invent the wheel.

Tiller centred

Turning to port

Cover box

Completed with the transom door also fitted