Jim Lad

The standing rigging creeps agonizingly ahead in between talking to museum visitors. 🙂
 
I've also now got the forward boats stowed on the repaired skids and sitting in their position over the well deck. The actual timing of their final fixing will depend on the for rigging progress as the skids are on the bulwarks in amongst all the rigging. I'll be doing constant checking of the fit and deciding the last moment I can leave the skids off.
 
John
 

The standing rigging creeps agonizingly ahead in between talking to museum visitors. 🙂
 
I've also now got the forward boats stowed on the repaired skids and sitting in their position over the well deck. The actual timing of their final fixing will depend on the for rigging progress as the skids are on the bulwarks in amongst all the rigging. I'll be doing constant checking of the fit and deciding the last moment I can leave the skids off.
 
John
 

The standing rigging creeps agonizingly ahead in between talking to museum visitors. 🙂
 
I've also now got the forward boats stowed on the repaired skids and sitting in their position over the well deck. The actual timing of their final fixing will depend on the for rigging progress as the skids are on the bulwarks in amongst all the rigging. I'll be doing constant checking of the fit and deciding the last moment I can leave the skids off.
 
John
 

I thought they were the only type of jigs to build John   Noice work Steven.
 
cheers
 
Pat

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂
 
John

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂
 
John

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂
 
John

Excellent! Now you're really cooking with gas!
 
John

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂
 
John

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂
 
John

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂
 
John

Hello Joanne, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one whose jigs look like that - rough as guts but they do the job intended! 🙂
 
John

Those fenders look really good!
 
John

Crikey, with all that going on I'm surprised you don't have a conveyor belt running through your workshop! 😀
 
John

Excellent! Now you're really cooking with gas!
 
John

Looking good, Greg.
 
John

Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

And finally found some time for the pictures of last week's work. 
 
Small reminder of that crane, not entirely finished, but gives an idea of how great an idea it was to use it as a handle to lift that hatch...

 
Now on to the solution. I used a bolt with washer, M6, since I didn't really find an M4 in the store, and M6 would still fit after all.

 
I then decided to basically do the same as my original idea, except that in this case the crane pedestal would be the cover of the assembly. This does mean I need to remove the crane for lifting the hatch, but I believe it's safer for the crane's integrity. Since the top and pedestal will be glued together and the jib will rest in the jib rest, the direction of the pedestal will be correct as well. 
Due to the relatively long piece below the nut, the crane pedestal will fit snugly on top and will not move when the vessel is underway. I had to machine that part a bit to make it fit, but it's now both tight, yet loose enough to comfortably lift the crane off. 
In the first picture, with the full crane, it's actually already mounted on top of the nut-bolt assembly. 

 

 
So in order to remove the hatch, I will now grab that piece of threaded bar to lift the aft side of the hatch. (still need to test that though). 
 
And finally I also installed the branches of the IG line towards tank 3, meaning that part is finished as well. Time to start extending all the stanchions for the catwalk. Not something I look forward to, but has to be done before going to the next layer of piping. 
 

Crikey, with all that going on I'm surprised you don't have a conveyor belt running through your workshop! 😀
 
John

Looking good, Greg.
 
John

She's coming along nicely.
 
John

Crikey, with all that going on I'm surprised you don't have a conveyor belt running through your workshop! 😀
 
John

Those fenders look really good!
 
John

We continue to progress. The spanker mast now has shrouds and a forestay, and you will see that there in now bagged cargo in number 5 hatchway. I've also now completey removed the top rail around the long poop deck in preparation for the future installation of a polished wood railing.
 
John