Shellfen

March 2021. The Engine room receives its engine.

Picture of engine room before and after

 The crane lowers the engine into position

Work in Progress. September 2021

 

The Engine room 

 

     

Looking into the engine room from the wheelhouse                           The hatch above the engine room 

   

                                                             The Interior is beginning to take shape

                                                                                                                                                                                

The Interior design challenge

      

 

Testing the interior for height and discussing the layout with Nigel and Sarah.

 

   

Not too bad for small people, the rest will have to duck a bit. It certainly won't feel claustrophobic with the portholes giving a lot of light. When the floor and ceiling are in of course it will be even tighter,, but the space feels good.

 

Ballast and Battening

 

 

 

 

Preparing the surfaces  

    

 

 

The interior before battening and pouring the concrete ballast.

 

Putting in the battens

The concrete ballast in place

       

Prepping the hull and applying primer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

The new portholes cut in the superstructure.  

 

       

 Port holes started (external trimming to be done after welding completed)