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!

                                                                  

Transom being prepared for painting.

Starboard side and stern.  Note exhaust pipe, scupper(to rear), fuel vent pipe (above and aft) with bildge pumpout hole forward of vent.

Starboard side being sanded and made ready for paint.








                                                     

                                 Port bow sanded for painting.

             

Flybridge canopy in shop.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Note the cutouts going out the port sides of the boat just above the cockpit floor.  Exhaust cutout is forward of scupper cutout.  Both scuppers and both exhaust pipes went out of the stern, through the transom, before Tony built the fuel tanks across the stern.  Originally, the exhaust pipes were below the waterline and able to freeze during the winter. I raised the exhaust above the waterline so the motors and exhaust would automatically drain each time I shut the motors off.  This arrangement allows winter use for sea duck hunting without freeze ups. Each motor has block heaters, the generator has a glow plug, plus the bilge is heated.

Rear deck taking shape showing collars boards and two fill pipe rough-ins showing thru. Note starboard exhaust pipe thru the side with scupper rearward.

Tony cutting exhaust pipe.

Tony tring to eliminate one of Lea's concerns about her not having enough room to lay on the stern seat to sunbathe, read a book and drink a beer.

Starboard exhaust and scupper rough-in.

Cockpit roof propped up.  You will note throughout the boat, particularly in the stateroom and outside of hull, there will be white, gray, green, yellow and various dark spots on the fiberglass.  These spot form where the boat is sanded into different colored layers of fiberglass.  The men apply different color layers when glassing to better indicate high, low, or imperfect spots in the surface, and where more sanding is required.  After all surfaces are properly prepared these surfaces will be painted with special paints that ought to last thirty years or more.  The paint on Gliding Ganders hull and interior was original from 1979.

Salon/cockpit roof in place.  Hope those windows show up real soon.  Tony's not worried but it is killing me.

Remainder of the salon and cockpit roof (shown in grey).

Side of forward dinette seat, with cutout for breaker box.  Hydraulic and electrical controls under lower helm station, hardwood flooring, step up for dinette.

Hardwood floor over hatches and salon floor.  Temporary prop to hold up rear portionof the salon roof.  Right side of picture is where future galley cabinets, freezer, sink, oven and countertop will go.

Main galley will be on port side to Lea's right.   Companion way to stateroom is behind Lea on right side of picture.

Tony working Saturday fiberglassing interior joint where cabin meets washboard.  The gray fiber board, below white area, is the chase where galley utility lines will be run.  Wonder if the So-Deep gang could certify the location of these utility locations upon completion?

Come on windows!!!







Stateroom computer cabinet door and drawer.  Note, all wood floors, shelves, moldings, doors and trim is made from old Virginia fense boards.  There will be much more about the use of fense boards later in the blog when the wood work is completed.

Hardwood floor in companion way and computer table on right with printer shelf above.













Port side book shelf  with locker in rear and printer to left.

Starboard cabinet closed with narrow shelf above.












Starboard cabinet held open with a temporary wire.

Scott Hyland preparing a transducer to be installed into the hull.

Dinky applying resin to foam board so future fiberglass will adhere to it.

    

Kevin preparing stern seat for installation.

Chris refitting the generator hatch and preparing it for upcoming flooring.

Tony installing the electronic fuel tank senders.  These indicate the amount of fuel in tanks.

Stern seat left with tools on it, collar board center, and rear deck being roughed-in on right.

Cockpit hatch with shelf installed.

Foreground is the cockpit roof and rear of salon roof (white).  In rear of picture is the flybridge canopy being

manufactured (grey).

Dinky gelcoating the salon wall above what will be the dinette table. 

We are hoping the windows come in real soon.  Note the end of the second section of the salon roof overhead. This is where the third section will join the second section real soon and then extend over the cockpit.  The hole/channel in the middle of the roof will run from the front of the salon to the rear of the cockpit.  This channel is an electrical chase to run future wiring and lighting.