twistedtree
Guru
Final spray coat on the cabinetry happened yesterday afternoon!
Now it's on to the floor.
Now it's on to the floor.
Final spray coat on the cabinetry happened yesterday afternoon!
Now it's on to the floor.
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It would be interesting to hear from others who have built new boats in say the 60-75' range, how long it took them to get the boat dialed in. The test for me is the marine supply/hardware store run. When you come into a new port, how quickly go you run to the marine supply or hardware store. When that stops being the first thing you do at every port, the boat is ready.......
Well as a dreamer/lurker to the idea of retirement cruising, I certainly don't have an answer
but I'd speculate that the answer depends a great deal on how much money was thrown at the first few trips to the boat chandlery.
and perhaps even more so to the owner's prior experience
I was recently watching a video Nordhavn posted, of a delivery trip from WA state up to AK. It was a trip video, not about the boat...but I couldn't help but to notice that the thing was already well outfitted. complete with what looked to be a set of several matching new fishing rods and reels mounted nicely in the lazerette...and a center console fishing skiff sitting in the dingy position. Dishes, etc.... It looked to be fully outfitted and very well organized. I sorta doubt it was a new from the factory delivery.
Regardless... seeing all that, my mind drifted to the idea of being able to completely outfit a boat at the onset...having the knowledge to know what you want and need + having the money to do it all right away.
as opposed to figuring it out as you go and doling it out a piece at a time....
Final spray coat on the cabinetry happened yesterday afternoon!
Now it's on to the floor.
OMG, Twisted, I hope you meant they are varnishing the floor next, and not that there was over-spray from the cabinetry now marking the floor..?
Don’t know about power but have been the owner for new build Outbound and part of initial delivery crew for new build Hinckley, Morris, NEB and others. Never helped with a new Amel but know the details for a new Nautor Swan. Even when delivered from distant shores from offloading to acceptance it’s been a week or two at most. Unlike Peter’s experience all owners had prior boats.Crew was a selection of friends and we all knew each other from before. Infill items such as tools, safety gear, cooking and serving items, linens, clothes, handheld electronics and such were either prepurchased or came from prior vessels. All this stuff was shipped and held at the builders yard or some carried by us as we came to the yard or in the case of the Outbound when we went to the yard or shipped to where the boat was offloaded from China. We spent a day or two outfitting the boat and storing things. Then off we went. On my own boat the builder had arranged a rigger, electronics tech and wrench to come to the boat before we got there. Think when the spot where the boat is turned over to the new owner is the builders yard it’s done internally by the builder. A few things like the watermaker and such were installed and commissioned by subs but again done before the vessels were turned over to the new owners. So commissioning was opaque to us. This sounds totally different from what’s posted here. A day or two to outfit and off you go. I know some owners get an outside person (paid surveyor or mechanic) to go through the boat before accepting the vessel. We didn’t do that. I know sometimes there are flaws that need attention. Sisterships tell me they have had the builder direct them to go to a certain yard and have the work done on the builders dime. This occurs after acceptance. We were fortunate. Our issues could be dealt by us (with teaching support from the builder) and on a few occasions with the builder shipping us parts.
Hello, its been awhile since you posted an update. Any chance you have time to provide us a quick update a photo or two?
John
Are you heading to AK this summer?
So much room..! However, Peter, one thing that I always think of when I see a saloon like that is, how do you stop the furniture sliding all over the place then the going gets a bit rough..? I doubt that the stabs could completely eliminate that..? Especially thinking of what happened to that lovely cabin with the stuff they had just stacked in there for the delivery trip moving around, and that was on a huge cargo ship. Is there some way of fixing couches/tables to the floor, or what..?
Yes, an important point. The sofa will have hooks that secure it in place so it can't move around. Same with the other loose furniture, but we don't yet have it all figured out exactly. My thinking so far is that they will need to be moved to the wall, and secured together & to the wall or floor. There is a rug now, so lots of "grip" holding things in place - at least until it's not enough Lamps and everything on a counter surface are held down with earthquake putty. That works incredibly well for smaller items.
I was today years old when I learned about Earthquake Putty.
Can my wife and I stow away? You can pull my boat as a tender. [emoji23]