Preparing for the wet

During the past four weeks, while I have been distracted with non-boatbuilding tasks, Tom has completed two weather-related jobs on the boat. The first was to air-condition the boat so that interior work could continue on wet days. This involved fitting thirteen hatches, one door, and a ply frame over one of the hatches for mounting the air-conditioner. The result is a very cool and dry interior, chilled to much lower temperatures than that which can be achieved in most houses here.

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The second job was building the cleat mounts, so that the cleats can be used to tie-down the boat in the event of a cyclone. We are in a La Nina phase, which means above average tropical cyclone activity for this wet season.

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2 thoughts on “Preparing for the wet”

  1. Good to see you are making things comfortable. Hope you are getting lots of interior work done. Did you end up finding a builder to help out?

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