One Week left!!!

Only one week left until lauching time! Its a race against time involving over a dozen people sanding, painting, varnishing, installing, cutting, and problem solving how to fit everything onboard. Naturally, a lot has happened since the invitation went out on the 1st of July. Here's an idea of what we're working on, starting with the breast hook.

Above Deck:
In the above 5 pictures, you can see the development of the breast hook. Starting with the template, multiple pieces of wood are scarfed together and sanded and varnished to a fantastic shine, through which will go the bow sprit.
Two pictures facing forward as we see the crew working hard ondeck.
Varnishing the bulwarks takes a long time, but they sure do look good!
Mike places the 5th coat of varnish on the forward hatch.	A mockup of the spinnaker turning block.
Facing aft from the breast hook.

Electronics! (My personal favorite --Mak)
In order from top to bottom: Speaker controls, Receiver for 5.1 system in saloon, Receiver for rest of boat, CD Player, DVD player.	As you sit in the navigator's chair, the electronics equipment will be mounted directly in front of you. All these wires will hook them up, plus a bunch more to come, I'm sure.
A stainless steel shell will encase the stereo equipment. The system is stacked in this configuration to fit in the forward port side locker in the main saloon. Did I mention that there will be a subwoofer in the saloon connected to a Dolby 5.1 system? And a 17" flat screen? And the rest of the boat can be listening to something else on their speakers or wireless FM headphones? Oh boy oh boy!	This rectangle holds a complete desktop computer. It will monitor onboard systems, help navigate, be Internet ready (satellite uplink?), play MP3's through the stereo, display information on the 2 flat screens, and we have plans for a WIFI onboard for guest laptops. I believe that it is designed for a rack-mounted server system. (19" wide?) However, I'm told that the rectangle is 3" wider than advertised. Not good.

Work continues below deck
This is the aft quarterberth for the captain or whomever is on call for ondeck emergencies. It's on the port side, aft of the nav and galley table.	Speaking of the galley, these are a few of the hardware parts for the sink system sitting on top of the corian countertop.
	<---- Facing forward, exiting the galley/nav area. You are looking through the main saloon through the hallway and can see the fo'c'sle way up there. (note "clean your feet" sign)

Below the Waterline
Something is not right with this cutlass bearing.	After much work, the problem is solved.
	<----- Here the crew is priming the bottom using 545. The paper spacesuit is a must-have for all your boatbuilding needs.