Beginnings of the Piping and Engine Installation

This is a mock up of the forward Black Water tank. It is going to be made of welded polypropoline. All of the piping connections for this tanmk and the two water tanks that lie just aft and have to cross are drawn on the top.	The Perkins engine that came with the hull is lowered for the first time onto it's beds. It has been out to the local truck repair shop to be run on their dynomometer. Better to find out now . The transmission was rebuilt, the Fuel pump and the water pump, all the hoses replaced and it produced the requisite HP. Twenty hours of gentle break in successfuly completed under laboratory conditions indicates that the engine should see a long life. Yes it is a Perkins it was stripped and painted. White is the best color for an engine in cramped quarters so that a glance will indicate maintenance issues.
The salt water intake and strainer arrangement for the boat. from these two 1 1/2 inch scooped through hulls we intend to take all of the raw water to supply on the left side top to bottom Generator, air conditioning, watermaker, and on the right side top to bottom main engine and pressure salt water.	Generator engine beds
The engine beds land on welded flanges on the stainless floor frames.	No hoses on fill pipes to tanks. This is the section of copper pipe that is foamed in under the ceiling.

Mike trying to figure this XXX***###!! thing out!	Stern head plumbing.
Placing the generator into the boat.	Ok... so where do the pumps go?
Jim with auto pilot bracket.	Jim with main mast step.
Welding the autopilot bracket together.	Refrigeration at fabricator.
The aft end of the robertson steering gear and the beginning of a luan mock up of the auto pilot bracket, which has to receive the aft bearing for the steering rack and pinion shaft . The plywood disk is representing the geared chain sprocket which is shown on the deck in the second picture.
The Battery box with the batteries installed. They are Rolls 2 volt cells which gives us 625 AH in two combined 24 volt banks.
Refridgeration central. Pressure tested and ready!	"Re-fer" and surounding area.
All of the pumps in place, 12v batteries wired in the galley cabin sole.
	Electrical closet: Mike has installed the DC portion of the wiring in the port electrical closet.
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.