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 plenty 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.