Update: Progress Report (October 25th)

Eric has just returned from a week on the boat where he and DJ were working up forward building the future shop. They accomplished a lot considering that all the aluminum had to be prepped and every piece of insulation and plywood flooring had to be cut to size. Some of the overhead and upper walls still have to be insulated and skinned but will have to wait until the welder repairs the cuts in the forward deck from where the firemen tried to get through. The plywood flooring will have many access points to storage areas underneath. 

At this point in the project, DJ is going to be taking a very needed three week break. He should be back sometime after Thanksgiving. During the Month of September he made a lot of progress on the electrical system and is now wiring systems up under the helm. He was also able to paint several areas as he worked along. One of these areas was under the bunk in the captains' quarters. He's putting in hundreds of hours on work that will be little seen but vital to the function of the ship!

 From This!!!

To This...

To This.... 

To This...

 To the current work shop progress...

What a beautiful transformation!!

DJ painting in the future shop!

Eric cutting plywood flooring for the wood shop!

The main salon is now temporary lumber yard and tool room! 

 More and more piles of pulled, old wire

Behind and under the fridge.

All cleaned up and newly wired.

 Pile of wire pulled from underneath the helm!

 Under the helm.

Newly cleaned and painted

 Ten feet of wire pulled from underneath the helm 

that was wired to the shifters.

Newly shortened shifter cables

 Newly wired shifter

Coat of kilz primer and paint under the bunk!