End of October Update

On a personal note ... I dug out my 4 lb sleeping bag as it's getting cold again here.  Sure wish the boat was finished and I was in .... oh, say, Tahiti ! ! !  I absolutely refuse to turn on heat before November.  It's nice and warm during the day ... it's just cold at night.

I've done a lot of little things that you can't really see even my looking at pictures ... like filling screw holes, glassing the work bench top, cutting and fitting little corner supports.

I've also decided not to cut the top of the work bench for the bandsaw.  I don't use it that much and it takes up a lot of prime space.  It was different in my 33 ft motorhome as my work bench was almost 7 ft long.  It was a stand up work bench and I had much more room.  This is a 5 ft, sit down bench.  Deeper front to back but shorter.  I'll have to get used to sitting down at a work bench.

Today I fit in and installed the largest peice of insulation yet.  The peice behind the stbd settee.  With this in I can so on up the hull with oak stripping and fit in the settee deck boards.  It also gives me a line for glassing in the stbd water storage tank.  That's the bare hull area you see lower right in the picture.

I also completed the wood work in the storage cabinet behiind the dinette.

Port & Stbd Quarter

If you haven't figured out by now I like to build stuff.  That being said there's no way I'm going on an extended cruise without an onboard workshop complete with bandsaw, drill press and lathe.
Stbd quarter behind the nav station is my little sit down work shop.  Port side behind the galley is the quarter berth.  I've finished all the main structure and have just trim and final construction to complete.  I expect to finish, except for trim stips by the end of next week and like all the other berths I've installed, yes, I'll spend the night on the boat in that berth.

I still have to put in the insulation and oak strips.  The band saw will be recessed in the work top so the cutting table is flush with the work bench

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The bunk board will lift up to expose an 8 inch deep pan locker.  The cleats you see below the clamps will support this 8 inch deep bottom.  Then another hidden locker.  Probably long term food storage or infrequently used items.