The custom build continues; A photo update.

[Fortunate One]

Dr.,

Splash date is still a moving target. We're still shooting for a June splash and tower install. July is canyon season and if she's completed 100% or not, she's going. I think we'll be able to enjoy most of the canyon season. I'm just hoping she's done so we can take her south for the winter.

Fuel polishing removes contaminants from the fuel before is reaches the engines by cycling fuel through the system and back into the fuel tank. It is intended to run continuous until all of the fuel has passed through it.

Here's a link explaining more;
http://www.gulfcoastfilters.com/fuel_polishing.htm

The fuel will still run through the regular filtration system that you purchase but this device will insure that your fuel is free of contaminants prior to reaching the filters.

The oil exchanging system is connected to the oil drain outlets of the engines and generators. It will remove oil and in my case transfer used oil up to the cockpit deck to a hose bib that will allow me to drain the oil very easily and cleanly when servicing the engines. Through another attachment it will also fill the engines with fresh oil. It basically makes maintenance easier.


clt_capt I'm glad to see that you're enjoying the thread. It's not often that something gets built like this and posted on the net.

[CB&T]

[QUOTE=Fortunate One;535017]Dr.,

Splash date is still a moving target. We're still shooting for a June splash and tower install. July is canyon season and if she's completed 100% or not, she's going. I think we'll be able to enjoy most of the canyon season. I'm just hoping she's done so we can take her south for the winter.

Fuel polishing removes contaminants from the fuel before is reaches the engines by cycling fuel through the system and back into the fuel tank. It is intended to run continuous until all of the fuel has passed through it.

Here's a link explaining more;
http://www.gulfcoastfilters.com/fuel_polishing.htm

The fuel will still run through the regular filtration system that you purchase but this device will insure that your fuel is free of contaminants prior to reaching the filters.

The oil exchanging system is connected to the oil drain outlets of the engines and generators. It will remove oil and in my case transfer used oil up to the cockpit deck to a hose bib that will allow me to drain the oil very easily and cleanly when servicing the engines. Through another attachment it will also fill the engines with fresh oil. It basically makes maintenance easier.

Hey Fortunate One, Build coming along. Hopefully you can get her splashed in June. Hopefully the guys building your boat do not take another 4 to 5 months like my guy did. They always tell you one thing but it always take twice as long. Good luck. Boats looks great. I know what your going through.

[Nomad]

The oil exchanging system . . . will also fill the engines with fresh oil. It basically makes maintenance easier.

For what it may be worth, I have been told by some very knowledgeable guys that is better to add the fresh oil from the top. The explanation made sense to me, so I have stopped using my oil change system in reverse.

[Fortunate One]

[QUOTE=CB&T;535054]

Dr.,

Splash date is still a moving target.

Hey Fortunate One, Build coming along. Hopefully you can get her splashed in June. Hopefully the guys building your boat do not take another 4 to 5 months like my guy did. They always tell you one thing but it always take twice as long. Good luck. Boats looks great. I know what your going through.

Yep, I'm sure you know exactly what I'm going through.

That "C THERAPY" came out very nice. It's a sweet looking express.

For what it may be worth, I have been told by some very knowledgeable guys that is better to add the fresh oil from the top. The explanation made sense to me, so I have stopped using my oil change system in reverse.

I imagine that if the fill and drain are coming from the same line as used to remove the dirty oil, a certain amount of dirty oil may enter the pan when the new oil is pumped in.

But then again there's no way to remove all of the used oil entirely.

[nabeelah]

Thanks Fortunate One and Nomad,that will surely help me.I would rather add oil physically as it will be single engine BUT will go for the fuel polishing unit which i am sure will be available in NZ.The Scania comes standard with electrical pump for oil draining and i have written to the dealer for clarification.

[nabeelah]

will you have veem props for your rig?

[SteveK]

Hi Mike!

Great to see the progress from this winter. I'm sure you must be getting excited at this point. Hopefully I'll get over the bridge on of these days to see her before you splash. I'm amazed at where the project is today compared to seeing the original frame back in Eddie's shop. Hopefully you are helping to keep all these boat building skills alive here locally. The Herreshoffs couldn't build her any nicer than she is !!

Best regards,
SteveK

[Flatdog]

Hi mike Have you found out the fire fighting system you are going with yet?

[Fortunate One]

Thinking about using BSCO.

[Fortunate One]

Hi Mike!

Great to see the progress from this winter. I'm sure you must be getting excited at this point. Hopefully I'll get over the bridge on of these days to see her before you splash. I'm amazed at where the project is today compared to seeing the original frame back in Eddie's shop. Hopefully you are helping to keep all these boat building skills alive here locally. The Herreshoffs couldn't build her any nicer than she is !!

Best regards,
SteveK

Thanks for the kind words Steve, Yep she's come a very long way since those early days.

We’re at the point now where I'm having to pinch myself every once in a while to make sure I'm not dreaming.

And in keeping in the tradition of New England boat building, we're keeping true to quality.

Now that the weather has improved, it would be a good time to get over to see her. The pictures are nice but as I've been told many times that the magnitude of the boat as a whole is breathtaking. A friend of mine referred to it as a cathedral after seeing a picture of all of that nice mahogany in the cabin.

The boat does elicit remarks referencing deity. I get a kick out of hearing people say "Oh my God" when they enter the side of the shed where she sits.

I'll send you a PM and let you know what Saturday would be best to come by. Right now there are guys working on it on Saturdays and it's too messy and busy to really get a good look. It seems like every other Saturday or Sunday the painter is spraying something and as you'll see in some of the pictures it's still a mess with stuff all over the place.

Anyway another week has passed and we've had a change over in personnel. One systems guy moved on to go to work at Hinckley and one very experienced systems guy is onboard now. One varnisher moved over to the Newport Shipyard to service his regular clients, but another one has come knocking looking for work. We've hired another cabinetmaker and the 2 guys working on the helm area are almost finished building the seating and they will be tasked with installing the wind screen when that shows up in about 10 days. The helm deck area is getting turned over to the detail crew and now primer is being sprayed on the bridge deck.

The guys created a real nice detail in the helm deck area. At the corners against the dodger side and at the corner of the "L" seating they installed a fiberglass channel so that when the helm deck gets washed down there won't be puddles of water left to accumulate. The water will run down the channels and funnel out behind the tackle station cabinets and out the bottom. Talk about putting thought into the little details, it doesn't get any better than that. Its things like that and the way water and moisture gets handled in the engine room louver vent boxes that’s so slick.

And speaking about custom features;

How about building in a good size area to prep bait and clean fish. How about cantilevering the tackle box off of the lower cabinet to gain precious working surface space.

These two photo's show the drains and the tackle box cantilevered off. In order to keep symmetry there will be a removable panel on the front and side of the tackle cabinet that will be removed when she's out fishing.



You can see the tackle box on the port side is cantilevered off. It's built like a brick sh!t house. You can sit on top of it and it doesn't move.

Along with the nice amount of flat working space we gain, there's "leaf" the bridges across the steps/engine room hatch that will give us one heck of a cleaning station.



The tackle station to starboard will offer more storage in the opening to the left and there's going to be an opening cut into the right that will house a flat screen for the fish finder. A very nice feature to have for the crew chunking the canyons at night. It's always nice to know if there are fish under the boat and at what depth.



The final adjustments are in process on the starboard strut. Everything that could be recessed flush with the bottom is recessed to eliminate drag



The Tuna door and gate are installed.

The door varnishing needs to get caught up to the rest of the transom.

Check out that nice latching handle.





The galley is in the process of getting detailed, sanded and epoxied so the cabinet faces can get installed soon.



A hanging locker and cabinet is being constructed for one of the cabins.



This is the seating for the galley. It will convert into another sleeping area measuring 73" x 32"


The headliner is beginning to get installed. Herreshoff style. No fancy cloth or fake leather for this headliner.


How do you handle the cabin hatch detail on a one off custom wooden boat? You build a custom hatch.



That's a Sapele mahogany hatch and it will be finished to match the helm pod. There will be a sliding hatch door mounted below this collapsible hatch. The door will be a pocketed door.

This hatch is very trick. Its 2 pieces that collapses into the dodger.





In 10 days the windscreen ships out to us. The Besenzoni seats and extra bolt of fabric should be arriving soon. Custom battery boxes had to be built since standard boxes wouldn't fit properly between the beefy stringers. All of the cabin lights have arrived and the electricians are busy keeping up. They've started to plug the engines into their control panels. It's going at a torid pace. But then it has to. Tuna season is coming and she's Canyon Bound.