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Diary and photos
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Project FloatingAbode Diary
Status reports (reports of particular interest are in bold): 1 November, 2001. Cold weather again, new stove, first hints of propulsion. 1 July, 2001. Just pictures of the re-launch. 1 June, 2001. Hull blacking finished! Long page! 1 May, 2001. Plumbing, gritblasting, and painting. 9 April, 2001. Lifted out of the water. 23 February, 2001. Flood Pictures! 25 January, 2001. Work on rooflight and porthole trims. 19 December, 2000. Assembly and installation of stove. Now nice and cosy! 16 November, 2000. Weather. Stove! 27 October, 2000. Front door security and a rescued solid fuel stove. 3 September, 2000. Plumbing started. Also, how to save £130 on a water pump. 18 July, 2000. An afternoon off... and it didn't rain! 3 July, 2000. Oops.. things have been going slowly... 21 May, 2000. Progress on the hull lining and exterior work on portholes and paint. 16 May, 2000. Floorboards almost done plus a couple of other bits. 2 May, 2000. More slow progress. 25 April, 2000. Slow progress. 10 April, 2000. **Launch** 3 April, 2000. Foam insulation being trimmed back. 31 March, 2000. Foam insulation being applied. 26 March, 2000. Battening includes animated time-lapse photography! 23 March, 2000. Battening. 19 March, 2000. Fitting out work begins. 17 March, 2000. Finished shell being delivered. 11 March, 2000. Hull more or less complete. 4 March, 2000. Details of shell begin to take place. 28 February, 2000. The shell in its early stages. May 1999. Beginnings. |