Interior Lighting

I'm starting to work on the electrical system for the boat. I will try to keep things minimal while still allowing for some items to make cruising easier.

This small LED strip light will give plenty of light in the cabin. I am also happy with the mounting as it is designed for corner installation so takes up very little of the small space in there.

It is a good thing now with LED lighting using so little power I should be able to get by with small batteries. The plan is to have separate batteries and circuits in each hull with solar panels to keep them topped up.

More on the Rudder Housings

Some more work here on preparing the rudder housings.

The process can be seen here for the mounting points to the gudgeon's, starting with plywood sandwiches shaped to fit the housing.

Then cut around the outside and glued in place.

 



 

Then wrapped up in a about 2 metres of 300 GSM carbon uni.



I have had to stop there for now on the housings as the boat will need to be moved forward to allow me to line up the gudgeon's on the housings. The transom of the port hull is hard up against a shelf in the garage so I'll continue with these once the boat is moved which I'll leave until later as once moved I have less space in the garage.

Cleats

I have fastened cleats at the four corners of the boat.
Here is the port bow cleat and fairlead.

I positioned the cleat forward enough so the hatch lid can open without touching it. Also the fairlead is hopefully positioned in a good spot where the anchor bridle won't interfere with the forestay bridle.

And here is where I have positioned the aft port cleat.

No surprises here really, though I thought about putting it on the lower area near the transom I thought the higher position suits me better.
It is a bit of a guessing game with things like this at the moment. Hopefully after getting out and using the boat, the choices I have made turn out to be ok.

Motor bracket

So I am finally getting around to bolting things on. Here you can see where I have positioned the bracket for the motor.

It is a standard "off the shelf" rise and fall bracket and the location here should allow me to get the motor on and off without too much trouble as I can more or less stand over it but obviously having the motor off the centre line is not ideal.

Weather has been pretty miserable in Auckland lately, I'm kind of happy the boat is safe and sound inside at the moment.

Washboards

As commented on in an earlier post, I am using plywood for the washboards.

Here they are, in place with the trim almost finished. Also the sliding hatches also have their trim which fits over the top of the washboard.
I have been doing some prep work for the trampoline also but not much to show yet.

Bolted

A bit of a major step has been made here with the two hulls joined for the first time!

 

 

It was a lot of work getting all the measurements right twice and making sure I only had to drill holes and cut once. The platform feels pretty solid. Would be nice to put it in the water right now just to see how it floats, but I think I'll just press on with the fit out. :)

Trim

Just a couple of latest progress pictures here of the trim around the hatches.

The pictures tell the story here. This mahogany might be the only exterior wood to remain unpainted on the boat.