This is the starboard side that was completed. All the uprights have been secured in place, insulation is in and the ceilings are in. In a wooden ship the ceilings are the wood straps that cover the hull.
The teak wood slats you see to the left are the leveling supports for the second 100 gallon starboard fuel tank. |
Here is a close up of the work involved in doing the ceilings. Up under this area is where the rot was. I had to hack the rotted wood out from under the deck and replace the supports and the gussets. It set
me back about 2 weeks. |
This is the nurse tank installation. You might be wondering, what the hell is a nurse tank?. So I will tell you. It is a tank to hold diesel fuel for the cabin heater.
The engine has a fuel bypass line which will feed the tank. Once it is full it will drain via gravity back to the big fuel tanks.Therefore it nurses off the engine.
If the engine is running it will keep full automatically, making sure the cabin heater always has a supply of fuel to keep the pilot huose and us warm. Very important in the northern seas. |
Here is the bilge pump installed. All the bilge water from in front of the engine and from the aft cabin will seep (I didn't want to use the gush word here) into this deep area. The pump will turn off and on automatically keeping the ship dry. |