Northern gets a new sole!

Kate working on removing a few square feet of the decades old paint.

Indy is always ready to distract us from work, apparently sitting around on the boat isn't as fun as chasing bunny rabbits. 

After failing on the first try to cut the beam for the stairs with the first 6x12, we used a 2x12 to play with measurements and lock in what we wanted before we cut the final beam.

The new ladder beam ready for steps.

Northern at the end of a long day

Steps! Just need to add the bronze screws to hold them down. 

With the old fuel tank out, we started building the new frame work for the new V-berth sole (floor).

Taking the last remnants of the old bulkhead.

Here you can see the bases for the new steps.

Amazingly a wood boat can stand lots of sparks, but we kept a hose near by and ready.

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The forward bulkhead framing, ready for insulation and plywood.

Such pretty wood under all that paint.

To replace the roughly 10,000lbs of steel tank, cement flooring and plywood we took out of the v-berth, we used a combination of chunks of concrete, cement, the old anchor cable and sand bags full of gravel.

We used 1/2" marine plywood for the base of the sole. And I cut out access hatches for the important things that we might need to access. 

We used 3/4" marine plywood for the bulkhead. (wall)

The first of the many truck loads of NEW wood for the boat.

We forgot to really take any pictures of it, but you can see we put radiant floor heating tubing in for the future hope of heated floors.

New vertical grain fir tongue and groove flooring.

We left the area under the heater blank since the bed will cover it anyways. 

The main fresh water supply hose.

Kate's a quick study on new power tools.

Salty is a quick study on dinner time...

The new flooring with its first coat of urethane.

The beginning of the new new queen size bed frame, with the ability to walk on both sides!...It's a big deal on a boat

Putting up the 1x6 young and groove on the bulkhead, it will be painted white.

It takes soon many little cuts to fit decently against the curve of the hull.

Some fresh paint!

The horizontal piece notched in which will hold the slides for the giant drawer under the bed.

Side slides, for accesses under the bed.