The tank must come out!

This is what the first six hours of works look like... 

Here, you can see where the ceiling planks end and the last visible parts of the frames began.

The hose was there to put out any fires and smoldering timber that may happen... Not to worry, the boat is still floating.

This gives an idea on how the tank is constructed, forward and aft walls, then baffles in-between.

After fifty or a billion hours, a LOT of Advil and seemingly permanent nerve damage in my arms...the tank is out...
To give some perspective, the tank you see is about 42 inches tall and about 12 feet wide. 

The V-berth feels huge when your standing on top of the keel. Its about 11 feet tall from the bottom. 

This is the keel with the frames filled in with cement for ballast and to keep water from collecting where it shouldn't.

It's a well earned truck load. It may not look like it, but after many, many trips up the dock...3150lbs of steel it is! The really exciting part was driving the truck which already had really sketchy brakes, then adding a ton and a half steel in the bed. You'd have a hard time falling asleep driving when the fear of imminent death was around... We're happy it's over.