The custom build continues; A photo update.

[Fishovertime]

You guys can check out some of the action here ,still waiting to hear how the first day went.

http://www.portstcharles.com/webcam_window.php?cam=4

Andrew
Sunny Barbados.

[Fortunate One]

The boat was weighed yesterday. We came in slightly over 29,000 so we're going to be lighter than the 42 to 43,000 lbs we were projecting. I'm releived that we are coming in under and not over the projected weight.

We still have a tuna tower, windscreen and some furniture to build as well as running some large cables, installing the last two behemoth batteries and some of the AC components, shafts and props.

But we now believe we're going to be in the 37 to 38,000 lb range.

Slightly lighter than anticipated and we should be able to get more speed out of her. But full tanks will add another 7757 lbs.

The transom has received the first coat of varnish but it was knocked down to receive the next coat on Monday so no photo's of that yet and I probably won't get a nice photo of it until the 6th or 7th coat.

However, the tuna door has received the 2nd coat of varnish and was just lying around so I snapped some photos. This is just breathtaking.








Some color was sprayed on the engine room air intake louvers. Fighting lady yellow. This is going to look super with the "Cloud White" I chose for the forward deck and cabin sides.





Some of the interior cabinet bottoms and dividers are almost ready for install. The items painted black in one of the pictures are the baffels to conceal the engine room blowers once the grills are placed over them.

It's details like that, that make for a quality build.






The base for the double companion seat has been installed. This also houses the AC unit for the helm deck. The tackle boxes are being installed also.






The forward bunk is being framed. The front will have a couple of pull out draws. The front area under the bunk will flip up for more storage and to allow access to the bow thruster in case in may need attention and the back area below the rope locker will have a removable panel for more storage. We are making use of every inch that we have available to us.



The helm pod has been made and the electronics console is getting refined. The helm pod has yet to receive the 8 to 10 coats varnish but as you can see it's going to look spectacular.





Still working on a June splash. But there's still a lot to do.

The guys are waiting on the helm deck freezer boxes to come back from having the copper wraps and insulation installed and then the rest of the helm deck will be installed.

There are few items that I didn't take pictures of because they haven't been installed yet, but the windshield wiper motors have been installed and removed for the time being until the windscreen arrives.

The windshield wipers were ordered with a fresh water spray down option. Really nice to have on a dry day when salt spray hits the windscreen.

And the water connections for cockpit wash down have been mounted on a board that's being installed under the starboard gunnel. There's 3 quick connects that will provide fresh cold and hot water for cleaning up and then there's the commercial grade high pressure salt water wash down. The hot water outlet will only spray hot water there isn't a mixing valve, but that will allow us to spray hot water in a bucket and mix in cold water if needed so some serious cleaning can be done on the way home.

The tower options have been selected. The hardtop will have recessed led lights both under deck red and white lights along with navigation lights recessed into the edge of the hardtop. Too cool not to get. There will be concealed rod storage built into the underside of the hardtop. We should get 10 standup tuna rods in there plus gaffs and assorted accessories and maybe a couple or broken down bent butt 80 set ups.

The tower will have the outriggers mounted on it so the walking space on the side decks are not cluttered by the outrigger mounts. There will be 3 sides of EZ2CY enclosures tying the hard top to the windscreen on the sides and also along the back. A more flexible plastic will be used to join the forward part of the windscreen to the hard top. But that will only be used to keep the water and spray out. The wind screen itself will provide plenty of height for a clear visibility. Besides a bunch of electrical work that's going on that's about all for an update.

[nabeelah]

Hi,
Greetings from Fiji.This is going to be a damn beautiful boat!!Co-incidently,my design process is going on in NZ and I have chosen a single Scania DI 16 800hp V8 (the same block as your Yanmars),actually if I am not wrong,Scania supplies the engines to yanmar.They are really tough!!
Good luck on your new build.

[Bligh]

You got big problems. The boat is beautiful but I have never seen tools that organized in little selves instead of laying on the floor with all the cords wrapped around each other. Sombody in that shop needs mental help quick? Only kidding and jealous. Great work and boat.Keep the pictures comming. That pod is crazy. I just in the past couple days built a normal one for my younger sons 1982 17 ft mako. Normal. not all those angles. Why does it have that indented area for lack of a better name? just my ignorance maybe?

[Fortunate One]

Dr. Check your messages. Yes Scania does supply the engines. Yanmar supplies the electronic package as well as the injector technology. I believe Yanmar also tweeks the turbo technology. But it is my understanding that they are brutes and will give us exactly what we expect from Yanmar technoology.

Good choice on the Scania DI 16 800hp V8 and good luck on your project.


Bligh, that tool rack is just for display. Trust me the boys and girl leave things neat but when they are done for the day the tools they were using get left exactly where they were working so the next morning they plug em in and commence to working.

The indent in the pod is to accomidate the steering gear. Since one of the goals on the boat is to make everything and I mean everything very serviceable with easy access. If it can be reached it will most likely receive service. The engine monitors will mount on the angled face and the palm beach controls will be mounted on the sides. Just another variation of a classic design.

[nabeelah]

Hi Fortunate One,
Whats the beam size and what brand and power size of generator you have on your project? Any predicted speeds at the moment with the reduced weight mentioned earlier?
Mine is just 12.5m x 4m,sealium alloy with projected speeds upto 35knots!!

[Fortunate One]

Dr Faizal,

We haven't done any further calculations on projected speed increase with the reduced weight. We haven't told the naval architect that did the initial estimate that we're coming in on the lighter side of things. The naval architect set the initial design parameters and without getting into exotic construction and through the use of composite materials such as divinycell and nidacore on items such as decks and non-structural bulkheads we were able to shave off some pounds. When we weighed her all we wanted to see was if she was coming in lighter than expected. I don't really think it will translate into a big increase in speed and fuel burn rates since many factors also come into play but it will help. We did an initial study with 3 power plant options and it was interesting how much more HP was required to pick a few knots of speed. So at this point the goal is to continue to use some composite materials to complete the construction but for the most part we're very pleased that we're lighter. Full tanks on this vessel will increase the weight by 7750lbs. So it should be interesting to see how she performs.

The beam is 16’ with 12’ at the waterline. The generator is a Norpro 12.5K watt unit. I went with Norpro because of price and because they use a Yanmar diesel to power it.

They seem to build a lot of boats out of Alloys in your part of the world. Isn’t sealium alloy the best alloy to build them out of? And if you get 35 knts out of it that would be a fast boat. Good luck on the build. I’m sure the guys on this site would be very interested in seeing that boat and learning more about that construction.

Regards,
Mike

[Questsportfishing]

Just kidding , but I will keep looking out on the rip for ya... that boat is going to make you smile for days when you hit the water and the guys should be proud of thier workmanship! Good on ya kid and thanks for shareing pics.

[Seaker]

Mikey......

BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLL

[Flatdog]

Hi Fortunate One,
Whats the beam size and what brand and power size of generator you have on your project? Any predicted speeds at the moment with the reduced weight mentioned earlier?
Mine is just 12.5m x 4m,sealium alloy with projected speeds upto 35knots!!

Hi Dr Faizal who is building your boat and where are you in this big world would love to see some plans thanks Glyn