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Stages in the building process
Stages finished:
- Purchasing drawings, july 2002.
- Ordering materials strongback and building jig, sept. 2002.
- setting up the strongback, sept. 2002.
- Erecting Moulds from drawing onto Plywood, sept. 2002.
- Setting up Building Jig, okt 2002.
- Internal structure: Stem, hog and
transom, nov. 2002
- Strip Planking, started november 2002,
finished july 2003
- cleaning hull outside and making keel and
outer stem (not mounting
yet)
- Turning upright (1st time)
- cleaning inside
- making Frames and coating inside (automn 2003)
Internal structure: inwhale, bilge runner, engine bearers and
floors (spring 2004)
- Keel, propeller shaft, rudder,
bilge runners (march-may 2004)
- glass sheating outside (may 2004)
- final mounting keel, stem, outer bilge runners (june 2004)
- painting outside (june -july 2004)
- turning upright again, finishing engine bearers and propeller shaft (sept
04)
finishing floors (sept 04)
- deck
- Interior: seats, steering wheel
- steamplant
- oil circuit
- condensor, vaccuumpump, hotwell
Future projects
- bigger whistle (like build by Frenk Fontijn and mounted on SL Orion)
- levelcontrol mechanisme
- bunkers for oil and make-up water
- painting inside
- bigger engine (this one is to small to maintain if mounted)
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