The engine

The engine has been lowered into the boat ready for full installation.
Picture to follow.

Painting

The boat is now in the painters' shed and will be painted over the next week or so. The windows and portholes have been powder coated to the customers' specification (not many people realise that this can be done in any colour for no extra cost.)

Ballast

We ballasted the boat on Thursday with around 3500 bricks. That's around 9 tonnes.

Grit blasting

The boat is leaving Soar valley's shed tomorrow and being moved to the slipway where it will be shot blasted. Then into the painters' shed.

Prepping the wood

There are over 300 lengths of soild oak tongue and groove to be oiled and sorted. Two coats of finishing oil before they're installed makes everything easier. Luckily we've got quite a big shed.

Wiring the 12 volt circuits

We've started laying in the wiring for the 12 volt equipment such as the water pump, shower bilge and horn/ nav lights. Picture to follow.

Sprayfoaming

The sprayfoaming has been done by a team from Websters. We tape up all the battens first and then the walls and ceiling are sprayed in a substantial coat. It smells really fishy.
The tape can be peeled off the same day. We then trimmed back the solid foam before we line out the boat.

Battening

The first job on the boat is to batten out the interior to provide wooden surfaces to attach lining to.