Construction update

This week I visited Preston Craft and had a look at the build so far.

So in the below photo, you can see the transom and motor mount being built. As I elected to only have one motor, I only have one motor mount.

The door hasn't yet been cut into the aluminium on the left hand side, nor have the water tanks been added to the outside edges of the transom. When they are added it will reduce the internal width available on the transom beam.

Those sharp eye'd people may have noticed a pipe sticking out the back, just under the motor mount. It is in fact the drain for the kill tank. So to drain the water from my kill tank I power up onto the plane, let the water drain out, then put the plug in. The reverse is true if I want to fill the tank. The plug location is in the kill tank, so I don't have to hang off the back of the transom while moving.

This photo shows where the V-berth will be. The center cut out is for the toilet, and some foot space. The Outside 4 holes are for under berth storage. I wanted this option because you can never have enough storage spots on a boat.

This is where the starboard and port seats will go.

Rear Deck is in

I'll post again next week.

The build starts

I got a courtesy email to say that PrestonCraft had started on my trailer. Basically with Greg doing the major Ali work and Kevin doing the fitout, the workflow is from Greg to Kevin. With Kevin in the process of finishing up another boat Greg started on my trailer so that Kevin would have some fitout work to move onto.

So about a week after I got the email, I decided to pop in and see how my trailer was progressing.

The trailer frame was prepared and setup and lying next to the Boat you can see in the background of this picture. At this point I must confess that the photo you are looking at was actually taken a few weeks later. so the wiring and hydraulics that you can see in this photo had yet to be started.

I was so distracted by something else that was beginning to emerge at the back of the workshop. That I forgot to take a photo of the trailer progress that week.

By the time I had seen the boat. the internal framework, side sheets were already in place.

Below you can see where the motor mount for the Yamaha 250 will be. Internal bulkheads (ribs ?) and stringers ( I think they are called) visible. You can also see the external frames used to keep everything in place and square while the boat is being built.

A closer view of the bulkheads and stringers.

Thats it for this week. I'll post another update next week showing the next lot of progress.