Couple Builds 45' Aluminum Sailboat In Back Yard
PhillyAnt
Published
12/22/2013
It only took them 14 years. Pretty damn cool, if you ask me!
- List View
- Player View
- Grid View
Advertisement
-
1.
Constructing a level surface to begin the framing -
2.
First frames going up. Pictured in the foreground is the work surface used to layout the curves of each -
3.
All frames situated in with aluminum bulkhead -
4.
-
5.
Stringers installed -
6.
Stringers and frames at the keel -
7.
-
8.
-
9.
-
10.
Flipping the boat over with a crane -
11.
Then, plating the cockpit -
12.
-
13.
The deck and hatches -
14.
-
15.
-
16.
-
17.
-
18.
-
19.
-
20.
Custom-made bimini with aluminum support -
21.
-
22.
The hull is completed -
23.
Cranes removing the boat from the back yard -
24.
-
25.
-
26.
-
27.
-
28.
Leaving the yard -
29.
And somehow getting stuck leaving the back yard -
30.
-
31.
-
32.
The green Volvo engine powering it all -
33.
-
34.
-
35.
-
36.
Preparing for the installation of the ballast -
37.
-
38.
-
39.
-
40.
-
41.
-
42.
-
43.
Lots of carpentry work to be done -
44.
Turning the living room into a workshop -
45.
-
46.
-
47.
-
48.
And now its time to make the bed -
49.
Dresser and drawers -
50.
-
51.
-
52.
The door to the engine room -
53.
-
54.
-
55.
All of the hard work started coming together -
56.
-
57.
-
58.
-
59.
-
60.
Getting ready to go -
61.
-
62.
Touchdown!
8 Comments