Another interior done. On to the next boat.

[Lemwise]

This is on a Succes 115. The next one is going to be a Succes 125.

 

[Holmz]

I like it!
Boat work in general is something that I find fascinating.

 

[Lemwise]

Btw, when you right click on the picture you can watch it in full size.

 

[Cheese]

I love boats...the average joe thinks exotic cars are expensive to maintain, not even close when it comes to wooden boats. And as the length grows, so does the bill. I've skippered a number of them but never owned one, couldn't afford it. But they sure are fun...sail or power...they are pretty cool.

 

[Lemwise]

We've got a saying here in The Netherlands; buy a boat, work until you die (koop een boot, werk je dood). It rhymes in Dutch so it doesn't translate that well. Boats are very expensive to maintain.

 

[Cheese]

We've got a saying here in The Netherlands; buy a boat, work until you die (koop een boot, werk je dood).

I like the saying in Dutch... [thumbs up]  BTW, love your work on the curved stairway, nice stuff.

A couple of questions: What is the purpose of the routed groove near the front edge of the stair treads? Functional or cosmetic? I still like it a lot.  [smile] Maybe it catches sand or dirt before it can be tracked across the floor.

Is teak still the wood of choice for the interior of boats or are there other species that are also popular?

What is the item in the 4th row, the first picture? The item with all the large holes in it. It appears to be a berth or a table? What are the wood species used on it?

 

[Lemwise]

1st question: The routed groove is there for the anti slip strip.

You just push it in the groove and the rubber hooks prevent it from coming loose.
2nd question: Teak hasn't been the default choice for a long time. This is a Cherry interior. The next one is going to be in Oak.
3rd question: That's the bed in the front of the boat.

I also made some changes to the curved stairway. This is the second one I made since I began working here and after making the first one I wasn't happy with it. It turns out the guy who made it before me made a mistake in dividing the steps and he used the wrong height to make a router template.

What the guy did was he took height A to divide the steps but that's not the height of the deck. Height B is the height of the deck and that's the height to use to divide the steps. I also changed the overhang of the steps compared to each other and reduced it from 50 to 30 mm.

 

[Billedis]

Beautiful work, thank you for sharing.  Bill

 

[Michael Kellough]

Thanks for posting the pics!

I love the contrast of the finely worked cherry and the box of wires.

 

[Lemwise]

Those wires will be tidied up very nicely once the electrician is done

 

[Cheese]

1st question: The routed groove is there for the anti slip strip.

Thanks for all the answers and for posting, that T-strip for the treads is a great idea, I've never seen that before.