Boat Build Week 10

There was lots to see this week on our visit to Aintree Boats. Unfortunately Anne-Marie wasn't able to make the trip due to illness (nothing serious).

The water tank has now been fitted in the bow (just visible behind the panel).

Along with the pipework for the sink, wash basin and shower.

The roof panelling is in place.

Not all the work has been on the interior, the hull has been having some holes drilled in it (above the water line) for the exhaust and various other outlets.

We have pencilled in a launch date of October 16th, which will be one week before our planned holiday aboard, so we are keeping everything crossed!

Until next week.

Mark & Anne-Marie

NB Hobbit

Boat Build Week 9

Saturday saw us making our weekly visit to Aintree Boats to view the progress of Hobbit, and we were amazed at how much had been done in the last week.

The hull, cabin sides and roof have all been smoothed off ready for painting.

Hobbit has received the first fit electrics along with wall cladding and wet room walls.

It was nice to climb aboard and see the the progress.

The lads at Aintree seem confident that Hobbit will be completed in another two weeks, barring any unforeseen problems. This is good news as Anne-Marie and I have a weeks annual leave leave booked in October and have been hoping to use it for our first proper cruise.

In other news, we visited the mooring on Sunday to get it ready. We put in place new mooring rings and a couple of old tyres to act as fenders. 

Anne-Marie added a nice touch to the tyres (Sorry image not very clear, taken on phone)

Mark & Anne-Marie
NB Hobbbit

Boat Build Week 8

We had a good visit to Aintree Boats yesterday. Hobbit has now been spray foamed and the next stage of the build can begin.

Visiting the yard in Liverpool has become something we really look forward to on a Saturday. We are made so welcome by Andy and Jamie and nothing is too much trouble. It’s also fun to meet the other customers and look around their boats, picking up ideas for the future.

Anyway back to Hobbit. The spray foaming looks good (if spray foaming can look good).

The visit also gave us time to have a good nosey around the whole boat before the first coats of paint and blacking are applied. It makes you realise that although Hobbit is only 25ft in length, the amount of fabrication that’s needed is similar a 57ft boat, the only difference being the amount of steel.

Monday sees the start of the interior fit out, so hopefully the build can now move on at a pace.

Until next week.

Mark & Anne-Marie

NB Hobbit

Boat Build Week 7

Well it's been a while since my last post due to our holiday in France, enjoying temperatures of 35 - 40 degrees. The build hasn't progressed as much as we would have liked due to problems with the company carrying out the spray foaming.

Problems aside it was good to finally get aboard and have our first proper look inside the shell.

The spray foaming will now be carried out on Monday, so hopefully I will have a lot more to report after our next visit.

Mark & Anne-Marie

NB Hobbit