Fried eggs in new kitchen

We moved the gas stove round to it's new spot today, after Claudia gave it a much needed clean up.
I still have to re-route the gas piping but for now the old hose is just long enough to reach around the corner.

Kromhout 6TS up and running

With Antoon van der Loos Scheepsmotoren keeping a watchful eye on proceedings, we started the Kromhout 6TS yesterday to help us decide whether it was a good idea to replace our DAF 575 with this Kromhout.

Kromhout

Kromhout means bent wood so it's possibly fitting to be building a wooden engine bed.
Tomorrow Kromhout guru Antoon van der Loos is coming to inspect the patient and help decide whether replacing the DAF with this is a good idea.

New roof for Pandora

Things are coming together on the new roof and windscreen project for Pandora.
Nice to be able to re-use the old fir beams, though they need a bit of tweaking before everything is faired up.

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.