Things are starting to come together.

Galley coming together, helm station primed for more painting and installation of instruments, plus a little time for Dad's birthday party.  Garon, Jesse (my oldest son), Lea and Amanda (Jesse's friend) getting ready to go to my birthday dinner. 

One pair of struts for prop shafts laying on top of drum.  These struts were custom made by Dick Wilson of Wilson Fabrication, LLC. of Rock Hall, MD.  The struts were made to add strength, more trueness to the shafts, less vibration and to assure the best method for holding the props perfectly in place.

One piece of trim, fence board veneeer to go on this corner.

Port side galley rough-in. Freezer front, cook top second, microwave convection oven third, double boul sink fourth and then cabinet to aft.

Dinky hauling galley cabinets, freezer and refrigerator to the boat for installation and Tony cutting door opening larger in order to get the galley appliances inside the cabin.

Tony hauling flybridge from shop to boat so boat and flybridge can be fitted for the metal fabrication required to hold up the flybridge canopy.

 Left is the view of the rough-in flybridge seating from the stern cabin roof looking forward.  Right is the view of the rough-in helm seat from infront of the flybridge looking towards the stern.

Dave Miller installing a temporary template of the flybridge canopy so he can measure and design the metal fabrications required to hold up the flybridge canopy.

Dave Miller, Metal Fabricator, fitting the davit base (left), davit (above left), and after temporary installation of davit (above right).

View standing behind the new flybrige.                         

View standing behind Old Tony.

Dingy to go on roof top.                                                                                 Tony smoozing Lea.

Lea, she just cannot keep her hands off of the fellows!

Flybridge temporarily fitted for metal fabrication design.  Everything had to be placed on the roof for measuring and design of custom metal supports for flybrige canopy.                                               

Flybridge seating, rough-in, sitting in shop just before being placed on boat for final fitting.                          

(Left) Scott Highland, Matt Anthony and Tony Van de Wal discussing the design of an addtional dash board panel for pyrometers, depth indicator, other needed gauges and dials.  (Right) forward stateroom primed with paint.

This is an underside view of the unique spray rail design Tony designed for Gliding Gander and numerious other boats over the years.  The purpose and size of this rail design not only enables the boat to be drier, from less spray, but, it becomes an intregal part of the hull design that function almost as a sort of hydrofoil as the rail moves toward the stern.  On the Gliding Gander the rail lifted the bow significantly out of the water thereby increasing speed while improving efficiency.  When Gliding Gander went to the Bahamas in 2006 and 2007 the rail was three feet shorter.  By adding another three feet to the rail length we now have even more enhanced performance.

Lea caught off guard several times inspection us troops.

                                                                              

Poor Tony.  He didn't seem to mind hudding the First Mate near as much.

Kevin stopping his interior sanding so we can come onboard.

                                                                                                  

Port stateroom computer/printer stand and shelving.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Starboard cabinet below and shelving above.

Fenceboard veneer with a story to come soon.

Tony, Bird (Troy White) and Mat discussing the perfect layout for the flybridge helm seat, access hatch, table, benches and lockable storage.

Beginning of the flybridge seating.  Helm seat facing forward plus there will be a rear facing seat with two side benches and room for table.

                                                          Layout looking at rear of fybridge helm seats and benches.

To right lays the flybridge canopy.  We have our first major problem.  The metal fabricator who could/should have built the canopy supports, cockpit supports, ladder to the flybrige and hand rails has not returned any phone calls from Tony in over the last week.  The entire project is about to become dead in the water unless we can get a fabricator started ASAP.  All of this time I have been worried about the windows not showing up.  Now the focus has changed completely.  Stay tuned!