And another Riviera update

[Martien]

Thanks to the holidays, we found the time to almost finish the decks.
Today we encapsulated them with a thin epoxy.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid152/pf8bb6585e435558ebf491e66da87a338/f5b40f96.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid152/pebb1fa34e51aef391bd35702490f5429/f5b40f9a.jpg

Best regards,

Martien
The Riviera project (http://www.veltens.nl)

[capt jake]

That is some fantastic looking woodworking!!! Great job. smile.gif

[Ross M]

Wow - the latest batch of photos on the web site depict amazing progress.

The second of the five (392b) really reveals the superb quality of the materials and workmanship.

Great stuff, and thanks for sharing!

Ross

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Beautiful. How are the motors coming? smile.gif

[nedL]

Beautiful!! :D

[Martien]

Thanks everyone.

The engines, that's another story.
After we received them, it looked like they had not run for several years, so we completely dismantled them.
Within a few weeks we will take them to someone to be bored. After that we will have to buy several new parts (pistons, rings, gaskets, covers, etc.) and we will start rebuilding them.

I will post some pictures as soon as we have some that don't look as bad as they do now.

Regards,

Martien.
The Riviera project (http://www.veltens.nl)

[Dave Fleming]

Martien, I get serious ***pucker factor*** whenever I see someone 'freehanding' a piece on a shaper like that! Tell me that there are some safety devices not seen in the photo?

http://www.veltens.nl/image/251-300/pic%20300.jpg

[Martien]

Hello Dave,

You're absolutely right.
We have alle the safety devices you might want, but you probably know that sometimes when you want to make 1 or 2 items, you "forget" to use them.

Although I must say that the man on the photo is the most skilled and experienced person I have ever met, I won't show the photo that is taken when he "freehanded" the inside of the wheel. ;)

Martien
The Riviera project (http://www.veltens.nl)

[Dave Fleming]

I won't show the photo that is taken when he "freehanded" the inside of the wheel Oh go ahead, please. Gives me and excuse to have a dram a bit earlier than usual.
>Insert big grin here<

[Donn]

G'head and have one, Dave. It's happy hour here!

Martien...those boats get more and more stunning every time you post an update. http://media5.hypernet.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif http://media5.hypernet.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif

[JimD]

:cool:

[Paul Pless]

I wish Martien would come back. I miss his good humor and his updates of this fantabulous project.

[StevenBauer]

He posted to his web site two weeks ago that he would have more pictures posted soon. The new little one slowed him down some. smile.gif

Steven

[capt jake]

I can't wait! What a beautiful pair of boats! smile.gif

[NorthLight]

Beautiful boats! I love Mahoghany.

[Martien]

Hello everybody,

I just see that it's more than a year ago that we posted the last picture.

That boy and also some busy days at work took most of my time.

A few weeks ago we started again and you can find the latest pictures at the website.
I will post some here within a few days.

Best regards,

Martien
The Riviera Project (http://www.veltens.nl)

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Nice to hear from you Martien... I bet that little guy keeps you busy. :D :cool: ;)

[Martien]

A few weeks ago, after more than a year of not touching one piece that smell's like a boat, we looked each other in the eye's and decided that we had to go for it.
We started again.

Right now, Freddie is updating the website, so within a few hours, maybe days, you can see the last pictures we've made.

Best regards,

Martien
www.veltens.nl

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Good to hear.... waiting to see the pics.

[capt jake]

Good to hear.... waiting to see the pics.
Yes indeed. Somebody recently asked the status of this project. They are truly beautiful boats! :)

You sure are able to work clean! I'de have that gooey stuff in my hair like hair gel; er, no I wouldn't, I don't have any. ;)

[Dale R. Hamilton]

Martien- did I count 6 different guys working on those boats? Where do you get that kind of man power? All of us that work alone are mightilly impressed.

[Martien]

I will post the latest pictures in a couple of days. Right now we are preparing the dashboard, steering, sidepanels, etc.. These things take a lot of time.

Regards,
Martien
The Riviera Project (http://www.veltens.nl)

[Martien]

Martien- did I count 6 different guys working on those boats? Where do you get that kind of man power? All of us that work alone are mightilly impressed.

I think that about 98% of alle the labour is done by Freddie and me.
There have been several guys (and girls) that helped us. For example when we had to turn the hull and when we removed all the staples.

Though there have been a lot of friends and colleagues that liked their picture taken with some kind of tools in their hands.

The Riviera Project (http://www.veltens.nl)