Shower window

The shower in the forward head is small at best. To make it feel larger, we first added a hatch above. That allows in air as well as light which will help dry out the shower. Then we added a window into the forward cabin. But rather than just a plain glass window, Fay found an artist in Sonoma, Vincent Taylor, to create a piece of art for us to look through. He finished it today and is shipping it to Lyman Morse to be installed.

3D Modeling

At Fay's insistence, and over my protests, we asked Lyman Morse to model many of the interior areas of the boat to facilitate our discussions on the phone and via email. They turned out to be invaluable and we soon found new ones were popping up in the mail from JB whenever he had a question. Now we don't know what we would have done without them. We've posted them in the Mockups section of the photos. Enjoy!

First mast photos

Today we received the first photos of the mast from Offshore Spars. It's bare carbon now, but will be painted white eventually. You can see the masthead on the left, and the forestay tang on the right.

The rudder arrives

We were in Maine last week (and caught the big storm that hit Boston).

The big news was the rudder arrived and looked great. They wasted no time in getting it fit into the boat to see how the quadrant fit and confirm the additional structure that will be built to support the rudder bearings. Now they'll send the quadrant back to PYI to be beefed up to accept the autopilot cylinders.

It was also our first opportunity to sit in the cockpit under the dodger and it was wonderful. Good view out and protected from the elements, yet with immediate access to the helm and lines.

We made numerous decisions about the final location of various pieces of joinery and equipment, adjusting their positions by 1" - 2". This included the location of the lead blocks, cleats and clutches in the cockpit and on the quarter decks.

The joinery is all coming together nicely and we made the final decisions regarding the upper cabinets in the salon and the materials that will finish the headliner and inside of the hull (aka ceiling). I'm not sure if they are white or off-white, but Fay does!

The convertible becomes a hardtop

Yesterday they lowered the hard dodger onto the deck, totally transforming the look of the boat. The center (opening) window will be larger than what you see after they cut it out to install the real window. Offshore Spars also began construction of the mast and boom last week.