Swim platform pt3

Another good day, the frame is now built, I just need to deck it now & find a good way to fit my transducers....

Swim platform pt2

Still working on it, it will be covered in galvanised decking eventually (gallerdurk). One more cross piece to weld in to form an "A" in the center then fit the 45 degree bracings up to the deck handrails & see how it looks. 

Once it's back in the water I will check sizes/distance to the water& build a plate to fix a 25-30hp high-thrust/bigfoot outboard as my trolling engine & as a second engine for safety.

Swim platform

I have bought a pipe bender so will start joining pieces of pipe together to make a heavy duty swim platform. The plan is to fit a 25 - 30hp outboard to it as a back-up engine & more importantly for the hours of trolling at low speed which the Perkins main engine doesn't like.... I have an idea how to store the outboard at deck level when not in use but i'll have to test this system as I have not seen it anywhere on the internet.

Been a while since I welded but it's like riding a bike ;-)

Wheelhouse panelling

Insulated the wheelhouse & now panelling it, i should be finished with this next week..

Toilet next step....

The vinyl floor is in, hose & fan are in place so the final work on this will be the full plasti-dip of the inside with oak wood trim for skirting boards & corners, this looks like a small job but was very time consuming. The engine room air intake hose enters the toilet space & exits above the toilet unit through the bulkhed then straight down & into the engine room.

The toilet floor

Wooden toilet floor has been screwed down, I had a practice "sit" & found that the best position for the crapper was diagonal to get my knees in.....

A vinyl floor, paint & hanging pictures will follow to turn it into a contemplation room ;-)

Updates

Now the boat's back on land for the Winter I'm doing some more 'fixing', I took out the wood burning stove and am building a toilet room in that space. I also insulated the wheelhouse and fitted a set of double Vetus diesel filters and a sight gauge/pipe for the fuel tank. All of the water has been removed from the bilge so I will degrease it and paint it white again, once this is done I'll install two LARGE new bilge pumps.