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

Hatches

Engine room hatch fitted. Final placement happens after the engine is lowered in. It will fit through the opening with the hatch surround out but not with it in.

The helm overhead hatch is fitted and glassed awaiting painting.

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Helm Hatch

Helm Hatch

Helm Hatch

Engine Room Hatch - 600 x 600mm Goyot

Engine Room Hatch - 600 x 600mm Goyot

Sanding Fibreglass

It was a friend who, while building his yacht, made the statement "There is always more sanding." Wrong! There is much more than that! 

Glassing, Sanding

Nothing to show with photos. All looks the same except that the well-deck, cabin top and sides are glassed with 290gsm cloth. 

The cabin front and deck boxes still need to be glassed. I have used a roll and run out. Can't get any more at the moment with this covid bug roaming. If anyone had 6m or more spare I am happy to buy. 

Meanwhile, there is always sanding,,, and more sanding.