The boat is coming along. As all new boats, there are delays here and there. But the team is working hard to get the boat in the water early next week. The rig is on location and getting its finally assembly. The work list is long and getting longer. Projects seem to keep popping up but lots of projects are also getting ticked off the list. The finish of the boat looks nice and everyone is looking forward to the next step. The rig will go in right after the boat hits the water. Once the rig is in, we will be doing the dock tune and dock structural tests. These will be nervous times with everyone listening carefully as we load up the boat to full jack pressure.
Stay tuned,
Doogie
The Men in Charge
The Men in Charge - From Left to Right - Tom Rich, Rob Ouellette, Peter "Pirate" Henderson, Hap Fauth
She’s getting there
The boys are working overtime to get her ready. All is going well. As you can see, the boat now has its bowsprit.
Bella Mente 72 update
Hello all,
Time is flying by here in RI. Hard to believe how fast the days go by. The NEB build crew, Hall’s build crew, Jon Williams and the Bella Boys have been extremely busy. As you know the boat was post cured last weekend. This weekend the topsides were painted “Bella Blue”. The stripes get painted this evening.
Prior to the post cure, all the structure had been installed, apart from the Prod. The Keel fin and bulb showed up last week. We will put the fin up on the bulb this week. Then the wetsanding begins.
We are fully into the details and systems install. Sheave boxes, ram foundations, toe rails, stanchions, Winch system, hydro system, steering system, electronics, etc. It seems as soon as we cross something off the worklist, we add 2 more.
On the rig, the internal structure and fittings are underway. The offshore boom came off the mold last week.
Pirate
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Post Cure
Here is a quick picture of the new boat. They are post curing it over the weekend. There is still lots to do but it is coming along nicely.
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