HUGE DAY TODAY

Keel fitted to TIDIDI after being carried around on the "stretcher". Huge thanks to Theo, Nick and Guy.

KEEL Part 2

After much trial and error, I set up a type of jig in order to hold the forward and aft edges on the same plane and stop it from twisting. So it is all tacked together now, with pipes inserted for pouring the lead, and ready for final welding of the seams.

KEEL

More Panelling

T&G Panelling

Butterfly Hatch

Photo Update

Moving Ahead at a Steady Pace.

Although much of my time until recently was spent fitting out the inside, with the pending sale of the house I am renting and where TIDIDI is being built meant that my focus had to shift from fitting out the interior, to getting the yacht to a point where it was weather proof and could be moved in a hurry.
Good news on this front, as strange as it may seem, is that the house has been sold. Good news because the new owner only wants occupation in about two years which gives me more than ample time to finish the yacht, although current momentum needs to be kept up, as age is against me as well, having just turned a young sixty. I need to have enough time to enjoy the fruits of my hard labour.

What has been happening in the last while? Well as you will have seen from the last couple of updates - few and far between as they may be - all the decks have been completed as well as the cockpit and coach-roof. more recently the cockpit coaming has been completed incorporating the winch pedestals, as well as the cockpit lockers which includes the Gas locker which is above decks with sufficient scuppers to drain off any leaked gas, should there be any. The following are some photographs to illustrate some of this.

Good progress over the past couple of months.

Well here I am again with a long overdue update. Over the past couple of months I have made some good progress, concentrating mainly on getting the boat all closed up and weather proof in case she has to be moved in a hurry. The Decks, Cabin top and Cockpit have all been completed. I have also just finished attaching the Toe Rails and Belting, so I will be able to start with sealing and painting the Decks in the next week or two. Once this is done I will be able to fit the 6mm toughened glass to the Portholes. Included in the photographs below is one of the stateroom with a trial run of the cushions to see what they looked like.

Top On

The top is finally on and the cockpit locker floors have been installed. The lockers aft of the cabin will be for gas on the port side and safety gear on the starboard side. I also now have the glass for the portholes. Soon I will have the yacht sealed from the elements which will make it easier to keep the dust out of the interior, which given the wind we have been having lately is a real problem.