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Boat fit out - from shell to floating home

from June-2004 to ... April 2005

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Photos from shell to water
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#0636 Weed hatch in engine compartment #0638 Engine compartment #0640 First inside view
     
#0700 Rear (Stern) outside view #0703 Front (Bow) outside view #0704 Inside view with struts removed
     
#0705 Inside engine compartment #0706 The tiller fitted #0746 Inside while window holes being cut
     
#0748 outside view while cutting windows #0753 inside with window holes cut #0755 inside with window holes cut
     
#0759b Outside view #0765 Inside floor ballast sealed #0766 Inside, metal batons fitted by window holes
     
#0769 Getting slabs inside #0796 First 4 batons fixed with help from my brother Michael #0828 Painted to white primer, sunrise
     
#0862 Painted to blue, first top coat #0867 Inside floor ballast & batons in place #0868 Plastic taped over window holes
     
#0872 Try some insulation #0888 Starboard side #0889 Port side
     
#0890 Space for propeller #0892 Looking from stern forward #0894 Boat arrives in Birmingham on Low Loader
     
#0897 Boat lifted back onto ground by crane #0908 Boat by canal, most windows now in place #0910 Stern entrance
     
#0953 Inside floor laid in place and cut to size #0954 A friend helping to thin insulation under floor as base slightly irregular #0955 Plumbing fittings - taps etc. rigged in place
     
#0956 Floor cut to allow lifting after walls are in #0958 Heating pipes go under floor at the stern end & polystyrene insulation removed for fire safety (someone got the wrong kind!) #0959 Ceiling view
     
#0960 Floor showing some partition wall bases #0962 Aft door fitted & most windows sealed in #0965 Some uprights in place
     
#0966 Most of partition framework in place #0975 Lights going up to allow easier work in evenings #0976 Bathroom plumbing and partition walls
     
#0980 Shelf in for control panel etc. with batteries in place and covered for safety #0987 Hot and cold pipes through to engine room, heating pipes awaiting connection #0992 Secondary lights 12V ring around cabin walls
     
#0995 Secondary lights 12V ring & looking into bathroom #0996 Snow on top of boat and first solar panel. (Solar panel charges batteries without need for mains or running engine) #1003 Engine has been fitted
     
#1029 Boat prepared ready for craning into water #1032 Propeller fitted ready to go into water #1036 Boat floating(!) in water
     
updated 23/12/2011