April 2008
It's April before I have finished welding all the plates over the ballast and have a few coats of paint on everything. I also cut a lot of steel out of the tank areas and put in new supporting beds to support fuel and water tanks. The tanks were originally designed to be built in, but the guys who did the hull repairs pointed out that there were few issues with both the design and implementation that meant they weren't going to work well. I am well ready to get out of the bilges. Such a pleasure to do some work while standing upright.
So, I am now framing up the bulkheads that define the forward cabins, bunks, and the galley area. These are all welded in with a 40mm steel angle frame and then plywood is glued and ramset to these. The final finish is 10mm tongue & groove rimu over the plywood.
She's actually starting to take shape, rather than being this great cavernous open 52 foot steel can.
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