Armide report June 11th 2018

Checking the topsides for fairness

Capping rail at the stem with hawse pipes dry fitted for checks

Hawse pipes dry fitted with cove line end details

Hawse pipes dry fitted with cove line end details

Openings in the deck at the half skylights alongside the doghouse

Six bronze deck bollards being drilled and prepared for installation

Lifting the varnished doghouse onto the deck for final installation

Openings in the deck at the half skylights alongside the doghouse

Copper sheathing on the rudder at the propeller cut-out

Copper sheathing on the rudder at the propeller cut-out

Drilling the capping rail at each chain-plate for the rigging screws

Drilling the capping rail at each chain-plate for the rigging screws

Carving under way on the owners’ motif that will be inserted flush into the transom

Copper sheathing on the stern post and inside the lower rudder trunk

Copper sheathing on the stern post

Teak name board for inserting flush into the transom

Trial fit of rigging screws through the capping rail; bulwark lighting cables visible also.

Mock-up of the octagonal box that will be on top of the bronze compass pedestal

Fabrication underway of the low deck boxes either side of the helmsman’s seat

Fabrication underway of the low deck boxes either side of the helmsman’s seat

Detail of aft face of deck bench at the cockpit area

Mock-up of the octagonal box with engine control lever & bow thruster joystick

Installation of bronze mast fittings

Installation of bronze mast fittings

Installation of bronze mast fittings

Porthole outer ring installed prior to fairing and final topcoat painting

Installation of bronze mast fittings

Drilling off the whisker shroud hull fittings

The completed carving with the owners’ motif, ready for letting into the transom.