Progress photos - sprung teak deck

[formerlyknownasprince]

What a difference a bit of teak makes, albeit just dry-fitted at this stage. The last board is yet to be fitted - but this gives an idea of how it will look.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid189/p1b933aafd910680a006d2e67d07559a9/f20ed688.jpg

We still have to scarf in the planks to allow the proper curve on the step between deck levels. This was quite thick and will be a bit of fun to do. :rolleyes:

The view from the other direction:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid189/p1ccc3e871cad39a9f5d91140cbc6ea01/f20ed6ae.jpg

And .... a profile shot. The topsides need a lot of fairing .... Guess where the new ribs went in:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid189/p87e2ec5d44cd0948c88453c7baf784bb/f20ed617.jpg

The sundeck has a few pieces of timber lying along it, so it spoils the lines a bit (they are keeping a large solar panel hidden from prying eyes). We intend to continue the cabin roof line back and drop it a metre or so short of the rear of the cabin - which is still open to allow easy fit-out access.

And ..... yes it was a nice spring day on the river today. Back again tomorrow.

Ian

[amidships]

Very nice!

[RGM]

Yep, looks very nice. That's fun work. The visual progress happens fairly quickly. It's a good feeling. Sometimes it helps make up for all the really difficult, deep, dark, dirty work that most people will never see, let alone appreciate. When possible it's a good idea to try to mix work like what you've pictured here with the nasty stuff if and when it fits the schedule. It helps keep the moral up, positve attitude properly fed and the momentum going in the right direction. What material did you choose for deck fastenings? Nice looking boat by the way.
Good luck.

[Adamant]

Nice job. Must be tough to do on the float.

[formerlyknownasprince]

What material did you choose for deck fastenings? I'm using 316SS 8 guage x 1" and 10 guage x 1 1/4" screws with epoxied in bungs into 15mm thick teak. I'm still at the dry-fixing stage with probably a week or 10 days before we mix epoxy - do you think these screws will be sufficient?

I've kept all stainless well away from wet areas - and had a major bolt making program going for a while to get stainless out of various places, but up here we won't have electrolysis problems.

I've brought in about 3 shipments of silicon bronze from Jamestown now - now that I've discovered that I can buy screws from them for 20 cents each that I was paying $2.00 each for out here.


Must be tough to do on the float. It is a holiday Monday here today - I counted 14 boats on the move at once at one stage - so it can get a mite rocky at times - but generally she is pretty stable.

We've done the whole lot on the water, except for the new transom and obviously, the bottom planks, floors and rib replacements. We even pulled the GM 4-53's out (and refitted them) while on the water.

The fore and main cabin roof is original (with Dynel added) and the aft cabin beams are original (with up to 1" added to a couple to get things lined up again - everything else is new - bulkheads, deck beams and cabin sides.

It helps having a decent genset (8.5kVa) and a small inverter with a decent 80 watt solar panel - which will run the jigsaw or a small drill. We also have an air compressor on board - which has been a major aid to working conditions.

Ian

[JimD]

Wow! :cool:

[Paulyboy]

So, can I get a boat like that for around a grand?
seriously, though, your attention to detail is apparent in the pix. Looks greatg!

[Leigh]

Originally posted by igatenby:
It is a holiday Monday here today - I counted 14 boats on the move at once at one stage - so it can get a mite rocky at times - but generally she is pretty stable. [/QUOTE]

I know exactly what you mean....I've been out for the last three days doing some repairs and starting in on painting work on my Bracken Tocade I bought recently. My mooring is near the entrance to Sylvania Waters canal estate.....every wombat with a 50 foot sports cruiser has been churning by all weekend......what fun! :rolleyes:
By the way, thats going to be a very fine looking boat when you're done.....nice work. smile.gif

[Kim Whitmyre]

That looks like fun, Ian! ;) It also looks great: keep the shots coming.

Kim

[carioca1232001]

That is going to be one hell of a boat, Ian !

Glad that you too discovered Jamestown Distributors for your bronze fastener requirements.

Nice people to deal with as well.

[John B]

She sure looks like a roomy boat Ian ,and I'm amazed you can do all that on the mooring.
did I mention that she's got a roomy look about her.
roooom.

[ 10-03-2005, 04:19 PM: Message edited by: John B ]