Interior construction and portlights

Yesterday we started with a mock up of the cabin table, to be able to make the lay-out of the cabin sole segments. This is a big table. Might cram in eight for a drink and easily seat six for a three course meal.

We also rasied the sole in the cabin a bit and built some new support for it. We will probably put the sole on hinges for  easy access to batteries and liqueur and contraband.

Seems like Davys  portlights and deadlights have rasied their prices again… just before we ordered four of each. Does anyone have experience with these guys http://www.newfoundmetals.com/ ?

Aft cabin

 Some images from the aft cabin. (Sorry about the horrible quality of the images, mobile phone cameras are really really bad.)

Transom

Under the aft cabin bunk

Bunk

To make access easier we put hinges to get under the aft cabin bunk.

Companionway ladder used for climbing…

… converts to a nice seat!

Now we are demolishing the boat!

At least a little bit. This weekend we ripped out the settees and the sole in the saloon. We are going to make the sole slightly higher, since we were redoing it anyway. The first one was more of a mock up.

The grand lit in the aft cabin is also almost finished with a tank for the head underneath.

Under the settees in the saloon we will have flexible watertanks about 200 liters each side.

We also planned and cut out for hoses going through the boat. The main pump will have hoses to three different places: the forepeak forward of the watertight bulkhead, the galley/saloon and the engine areea/aft cabin. The reason that we isolate the engine bilge is due to possible oil spills that shouldn’t be pumped out without taking care of the oil.