Build Day 112

Day 112 of the build of "Alanne".  After the disappointment on our last visit, we return refreshed after our coast to coast walk across Scotland.  We arrived at 12, (high noon) for the showdown, (no sign of Gary Cooper and no sign of Garry Evans).
Alan McNaughton is in his office and is surprisingly cheerful.  He asks us to go and look at our boat and to speak to him later with our thoughts.
"Alanne" is still in the building shed and is starting to look like a boat.  Painting of the outside has begun and is looking very good.  Inside we meet Adam who is going to do all the internal joinery.  The inside of the boat is now spray foamed and the basic floor pan has been fitted.  Adam told me that he has lifted every floor panel and re-coated all of the steel below the floor with another coat of "Waxoyl".  This will ensure that no rust can form under the floor, (the bilge) and any water will now drain toward the stern and can be checked through an inspection hatch and if necessary pumped out. The outside lower part of the hull is still to be sand blasted to remove the "mill scale", and when completed will be painted with 2-Pack blacking, which should last for around 3 years.  We are very happy with the boat so far.  Progress is still very slow, but if that means a better finish then we can live with that.
Alan McNaughton was pleased that his efforts have been acknowledged and expects that the internal bulk heads will be in place when we visit again next week.
We departed in a good frame of mind and are again looking forward to seeing further progress next week.

                      Spray foam and marine ply flooring - looking toward the stern

                      Adam and Anne with the bedroom and bow section behind.

           Painting has begun, but not on the lower section which is still to be sand blasted

  The upper cabin sides are in undercoat, but the panel lines have been masked ready for painting

Build Day 91

Day 91 of the build of "Alanne".  "We travel in hope", so the saying goes, hoping there has been some progress to our narrow boat.  We arrived at Collingwoods at around 11.00 am.  We went straight to the workshop were "Alanne" was last seen for its fit out.  At first glance it appeared no work had been carried out, but on closer inspection I could see in the gloom that the floor in the boat had been treated with a rust stopper.  I held my camera through the window openings and flashed away.
After a short time Garry appeared and we discussed the next moves and the finish date, which is now expected at around the 10th of June.  We had a few more answers to various queries and we went away happy that some progress had been made.
When we arrived home, I downloaded my photos onto my computer for a closer look.  I was a little dismayed that the work on the rust cure was a slipshod job with lots of obvious misses with the treatment.  I texted Garry and suggested they had another go and send me photos of the results.  Again this is a little worrying if this is the standard of work I can expect from Collingwoods fitters.