By the end of September, the new welder had decided that he was not happy with the previous welding - he had found residue flux in the weld joints - so...he had ground out all the old welds, rewelded, ground down most of the joints, and done much of the structural internal work as well (new stringers etc)
The chain locker had been completed, other than the new frame section, and the watertight bulkhead had been repaired.
The new plate for the coach-house window had been welded in as well.

A lot of the external work, had been stopped due to rain.... : (

The carpenters were completing the aft cabins. The new lockers etc had been completed. Sanding was progressing furiously.

Aft cabin hatches had been marked and cut out. Andrew had decided that what had originally been designed actually worked fine, so off he went : )
The aft cabins are nice and light now.....

The heads floors are being prepped. Templates have been made and the 1st floor masking has been cut. Basically the entire floor is being made out of glass fibre, with the shower base bonded into this so its a contiguous unit.

The engines are expected end Sept / early October. Andrew was reminded to ensure that we get the serial nº's before delivery, so that they can be insured by the time he takes delivery.....

Two serious discussion were had.
The first, regarding costs. Basically, there are to be no 'extras' as there is no additional funds. If there are alternatives and it doesn't cost anything, we will consider, but if it costs, we revert to agreed contract :((

The second, about completion….oh oh !!
In terms of the agreement, the project should have been complete approx end August, but there were a few delays. Altho not technically our (i.e. the owners) issue, we were happy to allow a 3 month extension. This would take completion to approx end November.
Realistically, we did not see this happening, and as we didn't want Andrew to rush and take 'shortcuts', he was asked when he thought completion would be….realistically. We agreed to the new date.
So, we are now looking at launch towards end March 2018 !

For images see 'Favourites - September2'