Beds for the fuel tanks are complete, when the fuel tanks are completed they will hold about 230 gallons of fuel a piece.
A small collision bulkhead made from Nidacore.
All the bulkheads are installed and the side decks are underway.
The engine room is about 8 ft long and will contain a 375hp John Deere.
The side decks are constructed using 1.25" X 1.5" spruce strips, they are screwed together and laminated with epoxy.
Beginning stages of the floor, behind the section of floor will be an anchor locker. This will be used when the owner goes tuna fishing.
One of the two 220 gallon fuel tanks. The tanks will be glassed into the hull to secure them in place.
Here is the start of the forward bunks, they will offer great storage.
Knees supporting the side deck give the side decks lots of strength.
The area for the outside box has to be built up to the size of the plywood pattern. This will allow us to use longer bolts to connect the box.
Waiting for installation, the stainless steel dual ram steering assembly.
Stainless steel Anchor Hatches will used on both the fish holes. The owner has had good success with these hatches in the past so he requested that we use them on this boat as well
The stainless steel rudder designed and fabricated by our welder, John Myers.
Having decided to leave the stern in, quick construction ensued and the stern deck is completed.
The completed engine beds built out of 3/4" aluminum angle.
A freshly fiber glassed breast hook.
The battery box will house two 8d batteries and there are storage areas on either side of the battery box.
More floor is going down and the two fish holes are completed.
The workbench on the starboard side of the boat will be outfitted with a vice and will provide a storage area for tools.
Here you can see the beginning stages of an air box on the stern of the boat.
3" Soundown in the engine room has been installed in the floor. It is held in place with perforated aluminum.
The coming is completed on both sides of the boat.
Sides of the trunk have been constructed and the trunk will be going on in the next couple days.
This tabletop on the port side of the cabin will be the housing for a two burner oven that the owner decided was an important addition.
The starboard side deck fiber glassed.
Wheelhouse construction is underway.
The Nidacore windshield is under construction, there will be four windows across the front.
Still in the gift wrap, the 375hp John Deere has arrived and is ready to be mounted to the engine beds.
The dash dent has been dropped down a comfortable height, based on the owners wishes.
After putting the motor in the boat has been moved into the larger half of the shop so we can work more easily around the outside of the boat.
When completed the wheelhouse on this project is going to be nine feet long.
Having completed the white and gray gel the forward cabin is ready for hatches, batteries, and a hydraulic tank.
By using two chain falls the motor can be raised and lowered to its final resting place.
Outside cutlass box installed, the inside box will be a more conventional box that will require packing around the boat shaft.
The wheelhouse side and back have been completed, two more windows will be added on the starboard side.
Here is a look at the detail on the port side.
The outside of the boat has been gel coated and the toe rail and rub rail have been installed.
Custom bow bit and bow chocks, fabricated on site by our welder.
Stainless steel flat bar will be added to all the rail.
These two sea cocks will supply water to the motor and water pump.
These two three way valves, located at the back of the engine room, can be used to get and return fuel to either the port or starboard tank. The two tanks are connected with a crossover but these valves give the owner an option to isolate the two tanks.
The 12 volt panel supplied by Ocean Pursuits.
To the right of these windows there will be a muffler box inside the wheelhouse.
Here is the propeller, it was supplied by H&H Propeller Shop.
The muffler installed and wrapped with heat shield provided by Infab.
PVC grab-rails installed along with the Beckson portlights.
The radar stand is the permanent home for the radar antenna, cb antenna, AM/FM antenna, GPS antenna, and a tracking antenna.
Here is a picture of the completed hydraulic system, all hoses are cut and crimped in the Clark Island Boat Works hose shop.
The beginning of the electrical system, various sub-panels make wiring much easier.
Stainless steel hauler fabricated by our welder.
The exhaust stack has a collar that allows for air flow around the exhaust to cool the pipe.
The early stages of the mahogany companion way.
The on-demand hydraulic pump bolted to the aluminum engine beds, coupled to the motor with a steelflex coupling.
Stainless steel davit that will be used haul lobster traps and for long lining.
Stainless steel stem iron and green bottom paint.
The day before the launch.
The dark gray deck is covered with phillyclad. This will offer a rough surface underfoot and prevent slipping.
The engine panel housed in a custom box made from white starboard. When the motor is running this panel will give the operator information such as: fuel consumption, motor rpms, and engine temp.
The completed chair, with cushions, will give the operator a comfortable place to sit when steaming home at the end of a long day.
The completed companionway has been fitted with a tinted lexan door.
The white box on the cabin top is the home of the propane tank that supplies propane for the stove.
Numbers on the cabin top allow the boat to be recognized even from the air.
After months of secrecy, the Toby Ann gets a name. The boat had been referred to as "Higgins" so that the owner's mother wouldn't know that the boat was being named after her.
