Not only does this give us easier access to "below" it effectively doubles our standing head room. To maintain the privacy that the bulkhead offered we have opted for a removable panel to take its place, this when removed doubles as a table for the wheelhouse, equally as handy for chart-work, or our fine dining!!
We have also been trying out more ideas for the bow plate and feel as we will be anchoring hundreds of times over the year protecting the tubes as much as possible is vital. The design enables us to push the bow roller forward of the tubes and gives some protection when the anchor is retrieved and also against rubbing from the chain.
When the design is complete we will have it made out of stainless steel and hope it will look ok!
Next steps... We are still trying to decide on the most suitable way to heat the boat, made even more complicated by the fact the petrol tanks will never be far away from the heat source.
Paul will be fitting out the lockers in the cabin some time in April when we have the heater fitted, then we will have the joyful task of repainting....
The fuel tank is still out of the boat and there is lots of re-plumbing and wiring to do along with fitting an under deck water tank. The list of tasks seems endless at the moment but we are definitely crossing off some of the bigger jobs and its nice to see progress.
At present we aim to have the boat ready for launching towards the end of May, our provisional departure date is around mid/late June taking in to account tides (neap tide occurring 24th June) and weather.
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