Sugar scoop, engine beds and interior joinery (2014)

I have been working on the boat upside-down for the last ten years. That meant that after the hull was turned, I had to change my mind-set to accommodate a 180 degree change in the construction plane. However, the human mind is a wonderful piece of engineering and I could continue without any difficulty (I must admit that suddenly it was easy to get a general picture of the final product).
I started with the construction of the sugar scoop. The lazerette was also completed. As winter was approaching, I decided to keep on doing as much of the interior joinery as possible before I started on the deck and coach roof. The latter I will keep for the summer months, mainly because I could then remove the tarpaulin cover without the risk of flooding the boat with rainwater. By the end of December, I had finished the quarter berth locker, engine beds, the mast chainplate bulkheads, the chart table and locker and the heads locker.

Sugar scoop under construction

Sugar scoop finished

Quarter berth locker.

Engine beds.

Mast spreader chainplate bulkhead.

Chart table locker and heads locker.

Interior joinery (2013)

Time is flying and I am a bit worried that this building project is now taking too long. Another year has past almost unnoticed, just working on the interior. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I am planning to turn her around in January 2014. In the meantime I am reporting on the work done during 2013.
I did the cupboards and bunk in the front cabin. I finished the water tanks. Although their main structure was done before I did the skin, they still had to be coated and sealed on the inside and the tops (which are also the settee seating) and inspection holes had to be fitted. I also finished the wet locker in the heads area. Time spent during 2013 - 220 man-hours.

Sleeping bunk in front cabin.

Front cabin port locker.

Front cabin starboard locker.

Settee tops and water tank inspection covers.

Inside of water tank.

Wet locker with door on heads side.

Interior joinery (2012)

The interior joinery of the boat can be done at any stage and at whatever time. In my opinion, this was now the time to do as much as possible before turning the hull over. Although one must install all the shelves and cupboard fronts upside down, it just makes sense to do the interior joinery while you stand on a level floor and work at shoulder height most of the time. Initially, I though it would be difficult to work upside down, but one gets used to it very quickly.
The drawings show the basic structure of the interior. Except for the joinery cleats that are already installed on the bulkheads (this was all done when the bulkheads were made) one has to measure in sito, check the fit, coat with epoxy and install each component. Quite a time consuming process as nothing is square or straight as in ordinary house joinery.
While doing the interior, I also did most of the interior hull epoxy coating as well as the fillets on all plywood joints to the joinery cleats and to the hull and bulkheads. Fillets are the strongest reinforcement that can be added to an angled joint. I spent 200 man-hours during 2012 just working on the interior.

Quarter berth shelf's installed and busy coating with epoxy.

Gas locker in the Lazerette to the right in the picture.

Chart table seat.

Heads locker.