Armide report June 25th 2018

LED bulwark light in teak support dry fitted

LED bulwark light in teak support being installed

Bulwark fairlead

Doghouse door handle being fitted

The base of the compass pedestal with the pedestal cross section drawing

Bulwark fairlead

Oak joinery covering the main engine water-lock

Restored and polished forehatch hinge almost ready for re-installation

One of six bronze deck bollards being positioned and installed

Aligning and drilling off the compass pedestal base

Teak support block with bulwark lighting LED cable welded into place

Teak support blocks to take the bulwark lighting LED’s being varnished

Electrical supply conduit to the starboard navigation light position on the capping rail

Hub of the steering wheel being restored and adjusted

Hub of the steering wheel being restored and adjusted

Inner edge of the capping rail being radiused off prior to final shaping and sanding

Main mast head fitting being installed on the original mast

Openings in the deck being cut at the aft half skylights

Doghouse sliding hatch being fitted with sliders

Original propeller temporarily installed showing tight clearance

Original propeller temporarily installed showing tight clearance

Installing the mast fittings on a bed of arbokol mastic

Original propeller temporarily installed showing tight clearance

Owners motif and lettering in the transom prior to top coat painting

Foredeck from starboard showing hawse pipes, cove line, windlass and samson post.

Openings in the deck being cut at the aft half skylights

Foredeck from port showing hawse pipes, cove line, windlass and samson post.