Saturday 1 December 2012

Finishing off ...

We visited the boat at the end of November to see the final finishing off ahead of the launch (weather permitting!) at the beginning of December ...

Here is a picture of the magnificent josher bow, which has now been painted in primer (yes, the green is not the final colour!)

A wonderful job has been done by Tony and Graham on the installation of the Kelvin, which looks fabulous now it's in position

Here's another picture of the engine in situ

The hatch lids and other hardware that will be put back on the boat before it's launched (being painted at the moment)

These are not wooden hatch lids ... just see the quality of the steel work  to create the scrolls on these side hatches

As the evenings have drawn in there has been quite a bit of late working - this is a lovely atmospheric shot of the boat, and note the extra sheeting that was added for the gritblasting and to help keep the temperature up for the paint curing