The deck was painted last weekend and really transformed the look of the boat.
No longer covered in flat gray primer, she's begun the transformation to gleaming white yacht. The hull will be painted this weekend. Lyman Morse normally works Monday -Thursday, then the painters come in on Friday and Saturday.
With the deck painted the riggers began to mount deck hardware. My favorite so far is the Nomen folding cleats. You can see one on the port quarter, along with lots of new pictures on the Putting it Together page.
The pictures really don't do justice to the progress. Pieces move in and out of the boat frequently as the individual craftsman build a section. Then when completed and installed, they are immediately hidden behind layers of cardboard or paper. There is a lot of finished work behind the cardboard in the pictures. The electricians and mechanics even move pieces in and out of the boat, though much of their work is done in place as you can see on the photo page.
The nav station has been built and the frames for mounting the electronics are now in place (outboard panel shown here).
The electronics will be mounted in a piece of black formica, in turn mounted to an aluminum frame. The aluminum frame is hinged to allow the entire panel to swing down and provide easy access to the various connections. Mounting to generic black formica means that as instruments are changed and updated over time it will be easy to source the panel material and maintain the same look on both panels. This is much more flexible than the teak panels on the Swan which were difficult to source and expensive to purchase.
