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NARROWBOAT LINEOUT CONTINUES
Back at the boatyard after an absence of two weeks probably to the relief of the joiners!! Progress has continued wellt with the oak bow doors now being installed. These are the stable opening type, great for keeping children or pets safe whilst still providing fresh air into the cabin. They look fantastic and I am sure will prove popular with our customers during the hot summer months. The bulkheads are now also in place giving a real sense of the different cabin spaces. Both the ster
n and bow bulkheads have been cut to size and trimmed in solid oak. These shaped bulkheads now provide the basis from which the turning stairways into the bow and stern will be formed, they will also provide areas of storage. The vertical section of the front bulkhead (pictured right) will form a wardrobe for hirers using the saloon as an additional sleeping area. The rear stairway (bulkhead pictured below left) will exit onto the higher cruiser deck and therefore lots of space will b
e created underneath, some of which will be occupied by the Calorifier (hot water tank). This will be ‘tapped’ into both the diesel boiler system and the engine water cooling circuit. The latter providing free hot water whilst the engine 
is running. The two half bulkheads forming the divide between the saloon and the galley area have also been installed (right) and again have been trimmed in solid oak to match the other bulkheads. On this side of the left hand bulkhead pictured a corner cupboard will be built to contain the LCD television, CD stereo and DVD player, hench all the wires for speakers and aerial.
One of the features we liked with the standard colecraft line out were the solid oak roof beams that are fitted between the sheets of oak faced plywood. The sheet joints are normally covered with narrow sections of wooden trim and although they provide a sleeker look don’t provide the 
cosiness created by the beams! As well as this they make the line out feel a lot more solid and enhance the quality fitout. The grey box in the left hand picture is the fabricated pump out tank. This stores the black toilet waste. The toilet is a top of the range Tecma macerator that will push the waste thr
ough a small diameter pipe into this remote tank. The tank will be fixed in place in a more central position across the boat, to ensure that when it’s full the boat will not list. The main double bed will then be built over the tank, I promise there isn’t any smell! Back at the yard next Monday, bye for now!
cosiness created by the beams! As well as this they make the line out feel a lot more solid and enhance the quality fitout. The grey box in the left hand picture is the fabricated pump out tank. This stores the black toilet waste. The toilet is a top of the range Tecma macerator that will push the waste thr
ough a small diameter pipe into this remote tank. The tank will be fixed in place in a more central position across the boat, to ensure that when it’s full the boat will not list. The main double bed will then be built over the tank, I promise there isn’t any smell! Back at the yard next Monday, bye for now!
THE LINING OUT
Well, made another visit to Colecraft again today as I was unable to get across yesterday. Len is progressing well with the line out of H3O. It’s amazing how fast the boat has progressed in just a few weeks (to the relief to those of you reading this that have already booked H3O!). The photo opposite is the bulkhead facing the front/bow doors. A large section of this will be removed to leave a large ‘L’ shaped bulkhead, framing the 
bow doors. The bottom of the ‘L’ will form a handrail when entering in or out of the boat and the upright part of the ‘L’ to the left will become one side of the wardrobe needed by passengers sleeping in the saloon area. The wires hanging down from the cabin roof are the ‘tails’ for 12v halogen spotlights and cables for the stereo speakers. The Beta Marine engine had also arrived and been fitted since my last visit just a week ago. I’m currently repainting the engine bay on H2O and so it’s a relief (to my back) that even with the engine in place there’s plen
ty of space to carry out maintenance and servicing! The steel shaft at the bottom centre of the picture is the propeller shaft that will be connected to the engine & gearbox with a Uniflex coupling ensuring a smooth drive to and from the propeller. Our specified Vetus throttle control is also now in place together with the control buttons for the headlight, navigation lights, horn and bilge pump (photo below left). The starter control panel has been fitted too.
bow doors. The bottom of the ‘L’ will form a handrail when entering in or out of the boat and the upright part of the ‘L’ to the left will become one side of the wardrobe needed by passengers sleeping in the saloon area. The wires hanging down from the cabin roof are the ‘tails’ for 12v halogen spotlights and cables for the stereo speakers. The Beta Marine engine had also arrived and been fitted since my last visit just a week ago. I’m currently repainting the engine bay on H2O and so it’s a relief (to my back) that even with the engine in place there’s plen
ty of space to carry out maintenance and servicing! The steel shaft at the bottom centre of the picture is the propeller shaft that will be connected to the engine & gearbox with a Uniflex coupling ensuring a smooth drive to and from the propeller. Our specified Vetus throttle control is also now in place together with the control buttons for the headlight, navigation lights, horn and bilge pump (photo below left). The starter control panel has been fitted too.
I’m now not back at the boatyard for another two weeks at which point, 
fingers crossed, the bulkheads will be finished and possibly the dividing door as well, hopefully!
fingers crossed, the bulkheads will be finished and possibly the dividing door as well, hopefully!
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