1930's cruiser

Next up a new windscreen and roof job for a 30's steel motor cruiser. We will be using the old parts as patterns and inventing the missing pieces.
We're using Guariuba for this project, a South American hardwood with FSC Certificate, as an alternative for the original mahogany. When sawed and planed Guariuba can be red, orange or yellow but will turn a rich dark brown with exposure to sunlight.

Sanding and filling

We made the 'mistake' of offering to do the painting in the rear cabin aboard 'Steady'.
Like all paint jobs it's 90% filling and sanding and filling and sanding... a job I enjoy and Claudia doesn't. She likes painting though.
With teamwork we'll get the job done in time to install the solid oak parts in the first week of July.

German oak. #in

With the panelling and floors finished aboard Steady, we have started on the best bit. Turning solid German oak into worktops and benches.

God save the King

Today The Netherlands gets a King. Willem Alexander the First.
15 million Dutch people will sing the national anthem for him, the second line of which goes, " I am from German blood".

To celebrate we thought it fitting to buy a new German van.
Team Kwark is now the proud owner of a 1981 (the year I moved to NL) Mercedes-Benz 407D, low roof model.

Bastards

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The radio cost 60 euros.
The new window will cost 400.

Clinker interior. #in

With the ceiling, bulkhead and most of the hull panels fitted it is at last beginning to look as if a carpenter has been working in the rear cabin aboard 'Steady'.

Ho, ho, ho!

It only took an hour for the insulation spray team to turn the rear cabin into Santa's grotto.
It's going to take a couple of days to get to the point where the real carpentry can begin. Miserable days, too, but someone has to do it.