Wind Vane

The base for the wind vane had to be placed on an extension to allow access from copckit to the stern scoop.

Interior Details

Black Water Tank

Manifold For Bilge Pumps

Engine Room Sound and Heat Insulation

Gas Hot Water Heater

The Project is NOT Dead!!!

March 2014

Why so long time? Is the project at a dead end?
NO!
OndaNera is well and alive.
Its builder had some issues to solve. No big ones. Only moved to another country. Easier to say than to do. Or maybe the opposite.
The reasons and why are beyond the boatbuilding. Maybe I will discuss in another moment.

For the moment I need to make an update.
What happened in this year? A lot o things. The project continued even if at a slower pace.
Considering that I was going to leave the country and thus leave the completion of the final steps to somebody else, I concentrated on completing myself all the details that I considered essential.
Second I planned and lysed down all the successive steps.

For instance concerning the woodwork I found a magnificent person in Maurizio, not a nautical expert, a antique restaurateur that will finish the interior. All the interiors have been defined. All the pieced cut. Now it is time to reassemble them after finishing the paintwork. I decided for a glossy finish.

All the aluminum welding are finished. Or so I think. You will see in the pictures.

I completed the project of the electrical system, defined the electrical board and bought all the components. I spent some time training the electrician that did the work at my house to converto him to a boat electrician. Skype, frequent trips and time spent at the boatyard will do the rest.

Hydraulic the same. The water system designed, all components on place. I have  nobody for this. I will decide. when I will get there.

I bought all the Sunbrella materials for awning, interior and exterior. Detailed in everything.

Electronics: I will have very few. I bought the autopilot from Jefa. As I have a double system probably later I will get a Raymarine. I do not know. I want to have the minimum electronics possible.

So having done all this we moved!! I moved the boat from the country yard to the place where I will put her in water. At least she now is looking at water and getting used!

My best and enjoy the pictures !

Companionway

The companionway will have three steps of 27cm. The two vertical side boards will give some privacy and protection to the navigation table and to the SB aft cabin.
This cabin will have no door. We ketpt it open. As this is a 2+2 boat, most of the time only two will be leaving aboard and it will be a nice navigation bunk.
The bunk is again 1500x2000mm,very big. Just behind the BH of the galley will be the wet cabinet.

Navigation table

This is the space for the navigation table 90x75cm.

The working position will be standing, as this is what I personally prefer when consulting charts.

Tere will also be a removable seat for those who prefer.

You can also see the access to the storage room 55x 150cm, not bad.

Galley

This is the framework to sustain the galley with the auxiliary tank underneath.

The space available for the galley is 220cm.

So quite long. Form left to right we will have a 90 liters refrigerator/freezer, two 40x40 sinks, the three fireplaces stove, a cabinet and a place for the garbage.

We plan to make the top in Corian.

Again a view of the Deck Saloon

Dinette

We changed significantly the project of Dix regarding the deck saloon.
We wanted the galley to be at the same level of the dinette. We thought, from previuos experience, that it is very unconfortable to have to climb steps from the cooking area to the dining table. And in summer, when eating in the cockpit, two set of stairs. Further there is a problem for the person cooking without a vision of outside, and finally the ventilation becomes more easy.
We have two hatches, two cowl vents, two front side windows and two center lateral window that we can open.

The second problem in the original drawing was the difficult access to the port aft cabin used as storage.
By shortening the seating of 90 cm we gained space for the navigation table aft of the dinette and an easy access to the storage, while maintaining the seating for six.

This is the port auxiliary tank under the seating. A lot, a lot of storage space will be available down there.
Before starting to work atthe joinery I was worried about storage space. Now I am worried that it is too much and that it might exceed the boat loading capacity!

This is the BH separating the seating from the navigation table. You can also see the access to the storage.

And this is a global view of the space.

From outside it really feels good!