ARMIDE works update – 16th October 2017

Main saloon existing joinery in place

Captain’s cabin with existing joinery in place taken looking aft

Inner edge of teak covering boards being marked onto the 2 plywood layers

Galley mock-up with engine taken from forward

Galley mock-up underway

Working inside thermoplastic tent on teak deck strake scarphs

Sipo infill at porthole being rounded on outboard face to fit against hull

Teak deck strake scarph jig

Captain’s cabin existing joinery on starboard side forward.

Top of steam bent frame cut to make way for porthole installation

Bow-thruster hull re-inforcing – plywood with epoxy resin fibre-glass laminates

Rudder blade and stock ready for bronze fittings (being water-jet cut at the moment)

Bow-thruster GRP tunnel being cut to length and prepared

Mock-up of chain locker to maximise available space for 13mm chain

Sockets for oak stanchions being cut into plywood decking