Wednesday 29 July 2009

Detailing Two





Detailing 1




Last week we undid the ropes and got the Nateetong mobile again to move her from in front of Mike's place to the Boat Lagoon Marina. All went smoothly apart fromt he steering being hooked up back to front so that turning the wheel to the right moved the boat to the left. Made the winding Boat Lagoon channel a little more challenging than normal.

Kao and Geng have been getting on with the painting as well as installing deck drains on the side decks. Yung and Lek have been busy welding up the top deck raili
ng, fitting the swim platform and today constructing the mast.

Today there were couple of carpenters on board tidying up the last loose ends from the wheelhouse job. Hopefully next week I will be able to get them to do the beds in the front cabin.

Here are some pictures.

Tuesday 21 July 2009

Wheelhouse furniture




Wheelhouse carpentry work is now finished. We are now focussing on external painting, must admit I am doing a very basic work boat finish with no fairing, but am using two pack local International paint.

Also want to get started on a railing on top of the wheelhouse this week and adjust the height of the forward awning, plus fit the swim platform.

Cheers, Leon.

Monday 13 July 2009

Getting close now.






After a weekend of rain it thankfully let up today so work could continue. The outside is almost done now, door rollers and forward seat then onto floor and inside furniture.

Thursday 9 July 2009

Wheelhouse Day 9






Progress slowed a little this week, public holidays, lots of rain and Mike had a drama elsewhere so had to pull his guys on to a priority catch up. That is fine with me and now it looks like they are back on the job. My end has got slack too as we got a little busy and I had to put my two guys back to paying jobs for a little while.....This weekend I hope to do some myself and then put Kao and Geng back on the job full time next week.

I was not sure what material to use for the windows but decided to use perspex for now. I know it scratches easily but it is cheap and readily available and easy to work with so will do for this year.

Thursday 2 July 2009




A few more update photos as the new wheelhouse structure starts to come together. In case you are wondering the sloped section at the aft end of the cabin is a cutout for a steep stairway leading up to the roof. Side doors and aft door will be sliding, windows I am still trying to decide. I guess for now, that for cost reasons I will go with simple fixed perspex and try it for a while. The three doors and two opening hatches in the roof will hopefully provide enough ventilation.

Cheers, Leon.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Wheelhouse day 7





After framing for the forward sliding doors Net started to fit the side panels today, now it is starting to look like a boat again!