Finally I've got the old boats done and can get to work on the interior of Steelin Time.
First I've got to make a home for the milling machine/lathe in the engine room and get it moved. This addition to the boat might make it the only 45 foot sailboat in the world with this type of equipment.  As if a  welder and 8KW generator weren't enough to put it in a class by itself.  If you ever hear of another I want to know about it and meet the owner, I'm sure we'd have lots in common.

Milling machine hanging from ship to shore "breeches buoy" pulley line. I had intended to not need the dinghy. Tested the line with my weight. I guess the anchor out the other side to the mast top was needed. Live and learn.

Transfer to the main boom block and tackle for the lift and lower into the engine room and the real wrestling match of getting it under the deck and bolted down to the custom platform welded up the day before.

Lifting free of the dinghy. The boat is a mess, all the extra stuff from all three boats. Next project, the belt drive for the 8kw generator and install the small handstart diesel. Then the underfloor tanks. That done, I can start to find nooks and crannies to find permanent homes for some of this stuff and eliminate the excess.

Firmly bolted down in it's new home. I need to figure out a large zip lock bag type of protection for this, any ideas? I do have a canoeing bag that closes with a plastic slit tube and rod arrangement, so probably draw on that technology.

I'll probably add some sort of tray work table under it to catch and hold stuff. That'll probably also connect into the bagging solution.

An interior picture of the main cabin from the ebay ad. The wood work is beautiful.

The rear cabin radio and electronics panel.

Main cabin.

Christmas 2007, I don't have the woodstove chimney installed yet. Santa didn't find me :(

I still need to rebuild the companionway covers, I'll replace the sliding wood with lockable steel. I also plan to make steel waterproof access doors from the main and rear cabins to the engine room. Some sort of hard dodger/wheelhouse is also in the plan. A wind generator is needed, probably mounted on the mizzen mast.

This is a wooden Aztec Calendar, I bought it at a yardsale. I took the Yucatan builder over a year and is made with over 1000 pieces. I'll add an Ipe (Brazilian hardwood) grab rail combined with a 2.5 inch trough around the edge, cover it with clear bartop resin and install it as my table. It will move (rotate off center) and serve as a booth for 4 or table for 7 using setees on both sides of the main isle.