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Mike,
Any plans for protection on the leading edge of the flaired bow, ie: rubrail or other? As beautiful as it looks now, I'd be concerned about the bow even touching against a piling or something else. On the way to a meeting yesterday, I did a quick flyby in the car, and I couldn't get over the size of that 5 blade prop on the starboard side. From outside, it just looked enormous, but I remembered that there is serious muscle that will be driving that prop too. Another question: did the guys weigh and keep track of every piece of wood as the build progressed? I was wondering about the final weight as compared to the estimated weight when the design was on paper. She's looking sweet!
Did you see a chestnut colored F350 Crew Cab outside? I may have been in the cabin. You should have gotten out of the car. I was there with one of the electricians for a bit.
Good observation of the forward edge of the flair. That will most likely have a solid stainless steel rub rail installed on it. We're in the process of deciding how to protect it. We've already started to discuss options.
The boat was originally estimated to come in between 42 to 43,000 lbs. The boat was weighed recently and if I recall we were just over 31,000 lbs so we're thinking we'll be on the light side when all is said and down.
If she comes in just around 40,000 lbs I'm going to be very happy. I don't want her to come in too light though. Because in a lousy sea there isn't a replacement for displacement.
If you like the prop, wait until you see the rudders. They're sitting in the shed ready to get installed. They are a work of art. All stainless.
"If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving"
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Mike,
Yep, I did see the truck, but I was already late for a vendor meeting. Since I'm not always over on that side, it was too good of a chance to just swing in for a peek. There are plenty of Saturdays left this winter before she hits the saltwater!
That's interesting on the weight, and by all accounts, I bet you hit those numbers when you add in full gear, fuel, and water. I hear what you say about the weight too in keeping the hull in the water. I used to skipper S boats here on the Bay with a friend who also had an all wood Parise (sp?). Whether it was on the helm of the Parise or the tiller of the S boat, there is nothing like the way a wooden boat handles in rough conditions. With the weight, power, and sheer momentum, most wooden hulls are a totally different feel from fiberglass. Of course the downside is the maintenance, but what the hell. A ride built like this one is going to outlive both of us!
There is nothing like a wooden boat. Especially when built properly. And you’re right baring nothing catastrophic this vessel will out last anyone following this thread.
I have an employee that is just crazy about "S" and "J" boats. The funny thing is he's a real craftsmen when it comes to wood working. However, he's one of my operations managers and as much as I would have loved for him to work on the boat I just couldn't live without him on the business side of things.
He'll retire in time to get to work on the 65'er.
Nothing like a rainy day to spend time in the shed
When I look back at the dates of the posts updating the build I have more of an appreciation of what's been done over the last few months.
I saw Capt Josh’s thread on Teak maintenance ( Teak Maintenance 101 ) and it got me thinking about the teak deck on my boat which is in the process of getting finished. I’m going to have to call that guy soon so he can get his crew up north to massage my Deck.
The deck was in need of finishing and the crew is on it. Two weeks ago Bill started to install the deck hardware and we needed the installation crew to come back and wrap it up. So the schedule worked out well.
Keeping with the theme of a well thought out boat, the first picture is a picture of the corners where the scuppers are getting installed. These are the largest aesthetically pleasing scuppers that we could find and they are recessed below the teak so there’s not going to be any build up of crap to stain the deck. The scupper drain covers will be recessed below the teak. What flows in flows out.
You can see the scupper drain cover on the teak covering boards.
Port Side.
Here’s an overall photo of the deck. The black marks with tape are silicone getting put into places that weren’t ever finished on the initial install. The 2 hatches for the fish box is closest to the camera. The “X” where is indicates “No Step” is a hatch that measures 2/3rds of the box and the smaller hatch to the left is for inshore fishing.
We originally purchased some really nice looking hinges from Italy but they didn't prove to be adequate enough so we went with a heaver set up that has plates that cover the fasteners.
So much for minimalism.
In this photo you can see the round dogging lock cutouts. The small hatch has one and the larger hatch has one that will lock the 2 together so I can open both hatches at once when we get that prized Big Eye. You can see the deck has been mortised to accept the dogging hardware and the small hatch is prepped so the hardware locks under the deck to keep water out and the other prep has the device oriented towards the small hatch.
Here are a couple of photos showing the large hatch in the open position.
These photos are pictures of the engine room hatch/ helm deck steps getting the teak installed. The nosing of the teak will overlap the risers so we can use that as the handles to lift the gas powered hatch.
This is a picture of the double companion seat base. It houses the helm deck AC unit. Which is finally hooked up. You can see that we elected to dump the cold air into the helm seat area instead of ducting it directly to the vent that will be installed to the outside of the seat base.
We believe by doing it like this we’ll eliminate some fan noise.
We had a meeting yesterday to lay out all of the engine controls as well as the rest of the electronics. I find this to be a great experience. Unlike a production boat we don’t have to wonder why someone put a switch or a gauge in a location that would make us scratch our heads. Everything has been placed in its location based on a practical approach. The photos of that will be seen soon. And it should be so obvious when it’s seen. The funny thing is we were talking about the location for the stereo controls and the electrician suggested they be located next to the cabin hatch in order to make it easy for someone to reach.
I told him I don’t want anyone touching the stereo controls without my say so. Then I told him that the controls get mounted to the right of the helm seat just like the controls to the Navnet 3D black box controls.
I don’t want anyone playing with that either.
So here’s a photo of some of the switches and controls.
The Norpro genset controls will be removed from the panel supplied by Norpro and those gauges and switches are going to be installed in a custom panel along with the Yanmar engine start and stop switches.
There's alot tothink about when laying out a helm station, engine sync switch, steering location switch, trolling valve, start/stop switches for the generator and 2 main engines, bow thruster, trim tabs switches, windscreen wiper switches along with windscreen wash down, all switches associated with the lights on deck, fire control gear, led's that tell me if a pump is on and I'm sure I'm missing a thing or two.
That's the tilt helm steering control sitting on the box next to the Bessenzoni helm seat base.
The only area in the cabin that’s in final paint is the galley, everything else is in primer and getting the final fairing and massage. I should be so lucky to get rubbed as much as this cabin has. But they should be ready to shoot paint and apply varnish next week.
Here’s a nice photo of the detail finish between the hull side and the flooring. Notice the quality of the fit is very good.
Fresh water bow quick connect washdown.
Copper runs for the AC being installed.
Next week the bait freezer and the drink box will be back from Cruise Air and the that part of the project will be finished.
Moving right along.
Last edited by Fortunate One; 10-03-2009 at 09:39 PM.
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Hey fortunate One, You have the patience of a saint. I guess you are looking at a late winter, early spring splash date. Shes going to be nice when finished Ill give you that. Good luck. I am starting to look at another local builder here to start a new one. I did my homework this time. I will probably go a little bigger though. We will see. Take it easy...
What now seems like a long time ago, I was deciding on what would look more appealing, a teak deck run in a traditional manor with planks running fore and aft or something more non-traditional with a bit of pizzazz where the carpenters could show their talents.
I asked people following this build on this site and other sites what would they choose to do.
The overwhelming response was to build a deck that had more detail.
Well it's almost finished and three days later from the previous post where I indicated that the crew was finishing up we can see what the finished product will look like.
This is craftsmanship from a local shop that we sub-contracted the work to.
This company works on boats in Newport, RI that are the elite of the yachting world both power and sail.
Last edited by Fortunate One; 10-07-2009 at 12:05 AM.
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