As work starts on the back cabin..

As work is about to start on Yarwood's back cabin next week we were whisked off to Merryhill to look at an example of a cabin built by Richard, of Daddy's Boat Company, for his boat Breaking the Ice.

Build day 75

Breaking the Ice moored at Merryhill

Sign written by Dave Moore, as Yarwood will be.

Ticket drawer and soap 'ole detail by the stove

Cupboard to the right of the rear door

Bed 'ole and cupboard

We spent time aboard Breaking the Ice measuring and working out with Richard what our requirements would be for our bed.   The back cabin on Yarwood will be our bedroom so getting the bed right is very important. 

Bulkheads between Yarwood's back cabin and the engine room in place.

Galley started

Build day 74-75

Work has started on the galley and after a wee 'cock-up' with the drawings (a customer cock-up..) was discovered - work restarted.   I think we lost out on any popularity votes for a few hours... 
The fridge is a tad wider than I had allowed for so the wine rack has had to be sacrificed - frankly, the wine is not there long enough to deserve the space, so no real loss.

John fixing the blockwood supports for the port side of the galley

John, still fixing...

Stuart and John dealing with 'customers'....aargh

Galley starboard side

Starboard side, from the left, hole for fridge, followed by hole for sink and bin, followed by hole for DISHWASHER, followed by hole for cooker.

Detail, detail

Build day 72-73

When I got back from walking the dogs this morning Joe was busy finalising the drawings for the galley layout - Stuart had phoned to say he needed them as work on the galley was about to start!  Half an hour later we were in the car and headed for the Barnowl workshop.   The next hour was spent with tape measures and straight edges and hastily produced templates, working out how this would impact on that..
Having sorted the port side of the galley layout we were to return later with the critical measurements for TV installation - size of TV, size of the satellite receiver and PVR (personal video recorder) because this would affect the starboard side of the galley layout --- all will become clear later...I hope.

John starting on the galley

In the background, the bulkhead between the engine room and the shower room.

With the galley sorted for now, we then moved on to the detail of the shower room.  Where do we put the heated towel rail that we want?  It was back to tape measures and straight edges to work out the realities of making the best use of the space available.  

There is nothing quite like planning in the real environment is there?

That done we left the team working out how to get a door to open over an engine bolt....!

Bulkheads

Build day 71

Today the lining-out was completed and work started on the internal bulkheads.  There will be a bulkhead between the back cabin and the engine room, another between the engine room and the shower room,  a third between the shower room and the 4' of storage area and finally another between the storage area and the galley.

These bulkheads denote the end of the galley and the start of the storage cupboards.

Three of the storage bulkheads up

John is scribing the template for the last of the storage bulkheads

A manly discussion, l-r John, Terry and Joe - this is the back cabin...by the way

Almost, almost lined out...

Build day 71

Lunchtime today and Barnowl have nearly completed the lining out of Yarwood.

 Last bit to do, the back cabin....

Ceiling almost complete

Build day 68

Ceiling shaped around one of the side hatches

By the end of today the redwood t&g ceiling will be complete throughout the length of the boat.  Tomorrow they start on the plywood lining and the bulkheads.

John - Man Friday - pressing on ...

Wired..

Build day 62-67

12volt wiring loom

After a week in the preparation the wiring loom arrived at  Barnowl last Thursday.  At the same time the plywood for the lining out and the redwood t&g for the cabin roof were delivered.

Ply boards and blockboard

Sanded redwood tongue and groove for the cabin roof

During the week the wiring loom has been fitted

And yesterday they started on the fitting the redwood ceiling

the blue is the 240v wiring