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| #0636 Weed hatch in engine compartment | #0638 Engine compartment | #0640 First inside view |
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| #0700 Rear (Stern) outside view | #0703 Front (Bow) outside view | #0704 Inside view with struts removed |
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| #0705 Inside engine compartment | #0706 The tiller fitted | #0746 Inside while window holes being cut |
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| #0748 outside view while cutting windows | #0753 inside with window holes cut | #0755 inside with window holes cut |
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| #0759b Outside view | #0765 Inside floor ballast sealed | #0766 Inside, metal batons fitted by window holes |
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| #0769 Getting slabs inside | #0796 First 4 batons fixed with help from my brother Michael | #0828 Painted to white primer, sunrise |
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| #0862 Painted to blue, first top coat | #0867 Inside floor ballast & batons in place | #0868 Plastic taped over window holes |
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| #0872 Try some insulation | #0888 Starboard side | #0889 Port side |
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| #0890 Space for propeller | #0892 Looking from stern forward | #0894 Boat arrives in Birmingham on Low Loader |
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| #0897 Boat lifted back onto ground by crane | #0908 Boat by canal, most windows now in place | #0910 Stern entrance |
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| #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 |
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| #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 |
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| #0960 Floor showing some partition wall bases | #0962 Aft door fitted & most windows sealed in | #0965 Some uprights in place |
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| #0966 Most of partition framework in place | #0975 Lights going up to allow easier work in evenings | #0976 Bathroom plumbing and partition walls |
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| #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 |
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| #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 |
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| #1029 Boat prepared ready for craning into water | #1032 Propeller fitted ready to go into water | #1036 Boat floating(!) in water |
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