Gallery 8: Almost done - December 20, 2006...

No idea what this is

We are mounting a professional-quality hookah system, for diving, inside the settee in the cockput. This looks to be a compressor pump

Hose for the hookah system

Hose for the hookah system, mounted inside the cockpit settee. I wanted to make it ultra-simple to dive. I

Another view of how we are hiding the hookah system

This is a hole in the stern, where the hose for the hookah spools out. I

Another view of the compressor for the hookah system

Not a great picture -- my guess is that it is taken from the cockpit, looking into the boat. On the port side we are seeing the base to the barbecue

I don

We added a step to get into the salon from the cockpit. Previously, there had been about a six inch ledge there. It wasn

The step, at the threshold to the salon. On the port side is the barbecue. There

I have no what this is a picture of. Lockers, put into steps? But, where?

We added cleats at the aft end of the bow deck. Previously, there was about a 30 foot stretch of the boat without cleats. I

One of the great things about Nordhavns is that there are zillions of little storage places around the boat. This appears to be an &quot;extra&quot; locker at the bow, near the anchors

Another locker, at the bow

Dual anchors

On our 62, the exterior control stations were open to the elements - meaning, salt water caused a lot of damage and repairs. On the 68, the controls are hidden away inside these lockers.

Another view of the starboard portugese exterior control station

This is the door from the portugese bridge, down to the bow. I like how it works much better than what we had on the 62

Inside one of the exterior control stations. Lots of room!

I

This is where one of the two liferats will sit. I am working hard to never gain experience in life raft deployment

Another look at the place where the liferaft will sit. Unfortunately, it will poke into the deck a bit. We had originally planned on six-man rafts, but swapped to the larger eight man rafts.

I

The &quot;overhead&quot; on the bridge. A lot of instruments are going overhead

Another view of the settee in the pilot house. I

Another view of the settee in the pilot house, and apparently, a window frame. From this angle you can see that there is legroom

The starboard side of the pilot house bridge. The 24 and 12 volt electric panels go below

The Bridge! Roberta

The main salon floor -- starting to look more final. Beautiful!

I assume the unfinished part in the middle will become finished - my guess is that there are removable panels that go down to the engine room

Maybe I can talk Roberta into not covering up ALL of the floor

The &quot;ship&quot; date is getting closer by the day!