Today the rain has increase to "big fat rain" which is keeping even the die hard cleaning crew inside. Yesterday we set the completed hard top on the Grand Banks 46 and the stainless fabricator is coming over to tweak the structural support. Since the mast will not be used on this boat now, we are scavaging parts to adapt a shorter version to the hardtop.


Yesterday, John's dog Willy came in to oversee the office, he looks quite at home in John's chair!


The stabilzer job is moving quite rapidly now. Both sides have been dry fit and we are working on the hosing today.




Marina Cam: the parking lot is flooded at this point - and it keeps coming! Most likely no launching today.

Today we are getting some much needed rain. That doesn't really slow us down as there is much work to do inside. The stabilizer job is moving right along now. The mounting hole on the port side was cut yesterday and they are mounting the starboard block right now.




On a Grand Banks 46 the owner wanted a wall mounted 32" TV with a swing away arm. The arm and set were so heavy, we did not trust a surface mount. We acutally cut a hole and glassed a block onto the fiberglass cabinside to take the weight. The bracket will cover the board and teak trim will be added to trim it out.


Kevin is laying on the first layer of cloth on the cabinside mold yesterday and today. We should see a daily build from this point on.

We are into heavy commissioning this week in addition to the bigger jobs going on. The good news is that most of the boats in our buildings have been launched at this point so the guys doing the launching are freed up to help with commissioning tasks - such as removing bow thruster props, sand blasting and applying propkote to them.


If you have never removed your heat exchangers there is a good chance they look like these below. Usually you can tell by diminished water output from the exhaust. The mechanic also found pieces of old impeller inside. As you can see, there is not much flow here.


Jimmy is prepping and painting the hard top for the 38 this week.


He had prepared the bottom first. This is what it took to flip it over to do the top:


Yesterday we played with the proper positioning on the stabilizers. We need to have maximum stability while staying within the parameters of the installation guidelines.