NARROWBOAT LINEOUT CONTINUES

Feb 22, 2007   //   by admin   //   BLOG  //  6 Comments
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 stern 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 be 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 through 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!

6 Comments

  • Tony February 25, 2007 at 11:40 am

    This Blog is Fantastic. It is facinating to see ow the boat is progressing and makes our Holiday seem as though it has already started!!!

    Tony, Sue and Ben Wheeldon
    (Booked 7th July)

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  • Aqua Narrowboats February 26, 2007 at 4:49 pm

    Glad you’re ejoying the blog Tony. I don’t think we’ll have to do a boat walkthrough as you’ll know exactly how the boat works!

    Look forward to meeting you all in July.

    Best wishes

    Justin.

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  • aquabot September 22, 2007 at 7:18 am

    Alas! if that was mine….I really want to go for a ride if I got a chance…..By the way how much you gonna charge for that….

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  • Aquabot October 30, 2007 at 8:12 pm

    Fantastic Blog Tony.

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  • Parts June 23, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    What are the inside dimentions of the boat?

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  • Aqua Narrowboats June 23, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    The maximum beam of the boat is 6’10″ but the internal dimension on the cabin floor is around 6ft, once you’ve allowed for sprayfoam and wood lining.

    Justin

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