Anacapa Pilothouse Motorsailers

Hey all! Temps are already in the mid 90s, and humidity is high. We've been busy here, and have just finished a week off to work on the boat. here's some pics:

This was our aft cabin one month ago. Sleeping arrangements were spartan...

Here's the holding tank (55 Gal) going in...

Rebuilt steering rams and new hoses and tubing are in...

Here are some of the systems going in. You can see the heaters, plus new air conditioner ducting and the new hanging locker here...

Here I am making new cleats for the aft cabin hull ceiling...

Here they are glassed in place. We finally finished the small cupboard in the galley, which houses the steering pump for the cockpit helm. Here's a pic with some of Marisa's favorite goodies:

and here is the pump exposed:

One of the favorite things we did on this vacation was to start building the pilothouse cabin furniture, but before we could begin, we needed to mold a few corners. We built a mold from MDF and PVC pipe, and added wax paper for parting the finished pieces:

Next we cut slits in normal plywood, which help the wood to bend around the mold. We then trowel on thickened epoxy, and clamp the plywood onto the mold with ratchet straps to add quite a bit of pressure:

Finally we remove the molded piece, sand smooth and then, using MAS FLAG epoxy we laminate on our Sappele mahogany veneer. Here's a finished piece glassed in to our new settee:

Here's the roughed out settee:

Work is progressing, and we are probably less then a month behind schedule for an August launch date. We have been working every weekend and most nights 'til at least 8PM. It's gonna be tough, but I think we can make it... 

BTW, PLEASE send in any updated pics of your Anacapas you might have, or simply post them in your gallery folders. Have a great June, and we'll post soon, C+M