Boat in build pics (2013 Fairline Squadron 78)

[rbcoomer]

Also in the pic above you might notice that the bimini is modified. On Match1 the goal posts had almost flat tops but rain puddled a bit, so the very helpful Flexicovers who make this have made it with some extra arch

Whoops - uncharacteristic slip of the tongue there - I thought it didn't rain in SoF...

Great pictures and pace of progress is amazing - some fantastic modifications too. I think the new look windows transform the forward cabin and I really like the result. Likewise the dash mods on both Mothership and tender, which just illustrate what a little extra thought can result in!

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

Yup, the boat is on a trolley with a dozen big castors, and the boats move along the "production line" by dragging the trolley. The boats are all laser levelled on the trolleys to begin with, so that the fit-out guys can use ordinary spirit levels when doing internal joinery

At the end, the boats are lifted off the trolleys by a marina-style travel hoist, into a test tank, then onto a lorry

The pic below is taken from Match 1 flybridge, while she was in the test tank, showing the travelhoist and behind it Match1's trolley. (When this pic was taken they were lifting the eBay-sourced test Laser on, to finalise the chocks

BLIMEY JFM !!!!!!!!!!.....im VERY SUPRISED that a boat of that size and wieght APPEARS to sit on the trolley MAINLY on the chines !!!!!!....im would of thought that there would of been more keel support !!!...or is it just the pic ???

 

[benjenbav]

Here on A14. I think they let the tyres down to get under this bridge...

Is that the only challenge? Geez, single-span reinforced concrete jobbie. prolly condemned already. Less than a mio to replace. Off-site build; crane in; road closed for mebbe a week. I'd a thought the PE boys behind F/L would spring for that to get tooling on the new Sq 100.

 

[jfm]

Is that the only challenge? Geez, single-span reinforced concrete jobbie. prolly condemned already. Less than a mio to replace. Off-site build; crane in; road closed for mebbe a week. I'd a thought the PE boys behind F/L would spring for that to get tooling on the new Sq 100.

I wish! There are perhaps 30 bridges. That one happens to be the lowest, but the next-lowest is only 100mm higher. Would cost 30mio to replace them all, alas...

Also BJB, on that particular bridge, you can save 90% of your 1mio by just having a moveable length of central armco barrier and allowing the truck under the centre of the arched span. That would get you a squadron 85, if not a 100

 

[BartW]

Definitely. Cannes show is fab, as is SofF generally. I'd be delighted to welcome you on Match2 and show you around. PM nearer the time and swap mobile numbers, and dont worry about Fairline letting you in - of course they will. Fairline are planning a bigger stand than last year becuase of the growing prominence of Cannes show and there are zillions of gorgeous boats there to look at. It really is THE show in Europe now. SofF in September is fab - make a short holiday out of it and you'll eaily get a ride on one of the forum boats down there or do the delivery Cannes-Antibes on Match 2 if you're there on the last day (Match will sail out of the show 30mins after it closes on the last day). Same applies to any other forumites who go to Cannes

can I place an option on your berth in Port Vauban during the Cannes show ?

 

[jfm]

can I place an option on your berth in Port Vauban during the Cannes show ?

Yup, no problem BartW. I'll need to go and tell the capitainerie by late August, as you know

 

[BartW]

I'll need to go and tell the capitainerie by late August, as you know

OK, all understood, Ill let you know our schedule towards the end of august .

 

[wakeup]

Wow, looks fab, I thought Match 1 had two big square windows and you added a third on Match 2. So the base 78 has been modified since Match 1 I presume.

 

[Groot T]

Here on A14. I think they let the tyres down to get under this bridge...

Err... What now? How do you..? But that is..?

Surely not!

 

[Stork_III]

Err... What now? How do you..? But that is..?

Surely not!

Well it did.

 

[Groot T]

Well it did.

cabriolet ?

 

[LionsDen]

Thanks JFM. Good to see the progress, and detailing of the customisation. I'm coming round on the caulking, the teak is looking great on the Fly.

Yes the teak looks great - I note though that no protection has been installed to protect the teak decks whilst the builders are on board - tut tut - Also good to see Henry is doing his job on board - Best hoover you can buy imho

Great photos and write up by all.

Soon be onto page number 100 is this a new thread record

 

[matm]

Below is inside the bow cabin showing the 3 windows from inside. I'm really pleased with these - this cabin will have a fabulous view out

These look great and a big difference to M1 aesthetically. Do you use "simple" CAD drawings and know that it will be better from an interior perspective, having had M1, or use computer models with lighting effects to determine interior light, shadow at certain times of day etc as you would in a house build?

 

[MapisM]

Do you use "simple" CAD drawings and know that it will be better from an interior perspective, having had M1, or use computer models with lighting effects to determine interior light, shadow at certain times of day etc as you would in a house build?

Dunno what Fairline does, but I'd be surprised if they would use the same tools which can make sense for a house also on a boat, which surely is much less static...?
That aside, even if I said previously that I don't like the exterior windows design (also on the master cabin), I must admit that from inside they do look nice.

 

[matm]

Not up to speed with "modelling" per se. Brother is a RIBA Architect in the USA and I just remember they used to build scale models, shine lights and use special optics to look at how the light would work in the building. I jumped on a bit and assumed that this would all be now computer generated but don't really know. Could ask I suppose but that would involve talking to the family!

 

[jfm]

Dunno what Fairline does, but I'd be surprised if they would use the same tools which can make sense for a house also on a boat, which surely is much less static...?
That aside, even if I said previously that I don't like the exterior windows design (also on the master cabin), I must admit that from inside they do look nice.

Yup there has been no CAD modelling of light through the windows using those house CAD things, largely becuase it is arguably pointless on a moving "house" as MapisM says. I think it was just a no brainer that 6 windows in that cabin are better than 4, and anyway the only choices were 4 or 6 whereas a computer might tell you you need 5.2

The rest is all CADed. All the furniture mods, etc. I have zillions of CAD renderings of mods and ideas on the boat. For example below is an early mast (we are not using the NUC lights in that position; obscured by radar!) showing the 4x gps mushrooms inside the dummy dome to reduce mast clutter. And below that CAD rendering of a staircase. There are many more like these two

 

[Robg71]

Jfm, i asked about running multiple gps mushrooms, but was advised against, but they could not give me a reason. DGPS i know is different, im just on about the stock garmin setup, my thought was a level of redundancy. (And four together is not enough spereation for DGPS,)

Any thoughts and reasoning, (hopefully it means I can fit a second mushroom)

Regards
Rob

 

[matm]

Ok great thanks, that answers it. It looks better (IMHO) and assuming will be better from a light perspective from experience of M1/general. Some things need the CAD approach, some things are gut feel.

 

[MapisM]

Any thoughts and reasoning, (hopefully it means I can fit a second mushroom)

You definitely can, and I am at a loss in trying to guess which train of thoughts was following whoever told you the opposite.
I can't swear that you can keep both permanently connected, because I don't know if/how Garmin instruments could handle that.
But if redundancy is your concern, there's an easy way to get it, which works with any instruments.
You should just install the two mushrooms, each with its own cable, snaking both cables down to the plotter.
The cable of the "spare" mushroom will then be left disconnected behind the plotter, and if/when the "main" one fails, it's just a half minute job of switching the cables.

 

[prv]

Jfm, i asked about running multiple gps mushrooms, but was advised against

I assumed they were for different systems. By the time I've finished my planned instrument fit on the new boat, I'll have 5 independent GPSes installed -

Raymarine seatalk stuff
Main plotter
Small helm plotter
Display-less "mouse" feeding VHF and AIS
Trad GPS at the nav station for playing with real charts

It's not specifically for redundancy, though that's nice, but because a lot of things come with their own GPS these days, and where they don't it's often simpler to give them their own dedicated one than to try to feed the signal from elsewhere making sure that the right bits are powered on at the same time etc.

Pete