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Posted on: Friday July 15, 2016 at: 11:23 am
Brandy pad is now starting to take on some real shape. Bobby from Bluewater Boats is hard at work building the interior. The shower base is in place, electrical cupboard, airing cupboard and kitchen area are all coming together nicely.
A nice touch is that all the cupboards have removable false bottoms. This gives us somewhere to store stuff that is not used frequently, or to add bricks etc to trim the balance once in the water. Usually they get the trim pretty close to level anyway – it is calculated taking account of where all the weight will be in the boat – but as the boat will not be in the water until finished, it is good to be able to make small adjustments.
In fact, on Brandy Pad, nearly all the weight is on the port side. The washing machine, fridge, kitchen worktop, stove, shower and our bunk are all that side. We designed it this way as it keeps all the radiators on the other side, and gives a nice walk flow through the boat. Although things look a little rough at the moment, this is the basic building stage. Decorative trim is added last to cover all the joints and hide screws etc.
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- Galley area. The worktop will be a Corian surface, with the cooker in a cabinet which will be in the foreground, joined to the wooden panel you can see, forming an L shape.
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- Washing machine and fridge in place
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- Steps up to the stern. One top is off so you can see there is a large amount of storage under each step. In addition, the steps dismantle easily so that you can remove the panels on either side to get at the calorifier on the right, or into the electrics cupboard on the left.
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- This will be the airing cupboard, above the calorifier (hot water tank) which is heated from the engine when it is running, or the boiler when not.
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- Helen, Bobby and Sharon (Mrs Bluewater Boats) in the stern seating area
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- Bathroom with shower base and loo in place.
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- Vanity unit and bathroom sink taking shape
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- Our bed!
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- Full length wardrobe
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