Does anyone know a short electrician??

This mess is the back side of electrical panels on the 38' Northern Bay. The 12 volt DC distribution panel is the largest panel located at the top of the photo. In the middle is the 110 volt AC panel. The bottom panel is the battery switches (discussed in previous posts). The red and black spaghetti will be sending the power to the various equipment on the boat. Only about 10 percent of the wire is visible in this picture the rest was pull off to the left so I would have room to work. Looking at all the wires at once it presented as a huge job but once the connections started being made the job is getting smaller all the time. Choosing which breaker will be controlling what piece of equipment is the tough part, after the job is done you want the breakers to be arranged in some type of order (all the lights together, all pumps together, electronics together, etc...) About needing a short electrician, to work on the back side of this panel you need to be standing on the raised step where the toilet is going to live. The headroom when standing on that step is around 5'7" and unfortunately I'm around 5'11" (not tall by any means but about 4" too tall for this project) so I spent all day with my head compressed into my shoulders. 2 or 3 more days of discomfort should put a good dent in the electrical system.

This impressive shot of the 32' Osmond is the planning stage of the forward floor construction. In trying to keep the proportions of the boat somewhat correct we worked backwards from the trunk height and then using a proposed headroom (approx 6'3") got a good idea of what the forward floor was going to look like. These measurements could be tweaked to make a little more floor space, the shape of this hull allows for raising a floor 2" and creating 31% more floor space (those numbers are fabricated and being exaggerated to illustrate my point). As long as something happens on this boat everyday, we should be able to launch it by February......

A couple of days ago I was talking about a slight wheelhouse modification on Native Son, here is a picture of the completed modification. This boat is now being prepped for gel coat and paint. Window patterns have been taken although the owner may go with Plexiglas windows for the time being. John finished the new radar stand yesterday and Kendall has been making good progress sanding and taping. Clay moved the wheelhouse side without complaints and he was able to get it done quickly.









This "skiff" is in the shop for some minor work. So far we've painted the bottom and put a boot stripe on. Dan made a plastic bracket for the hydraulic trim tab pump. Once he mounts the pump six wire connections and two hoses will be the only thing holding up this job.


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