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Mr. Gee gets NAKED!!! Weekly Update July 8-12, 2019
As many of you who have been following along with the design and building of our XPM78-01 eXtreme eXploration Passage Maker named Möbius, we will be powering this boat with a rather unusual but just right engine, a Gardner 6LXB. Long story behind this and if...
Holey Moley! More new Holes in Our Boat!! July 1-5, 2019
First week of July and the summer weather has definately arrived as we see day time highs almost hitting 40C/105F yesterday however progress continues unabated inside Naval Yachts so I’ve got lots to show you this week and let’s get started.Over the past few weeks...
Progress One Step at a Time: Weekly Progress update June 23-28, 2019
The daytime temperatures are not the only thing really heating up here in Antalya as work on mv Möbius aka XPM78-01 continues to progress in multiple shops here at Naval Yachts. We’ve seen a few days over 35C / 95F this past week but mostly in the low 30’s so...
Still More Firsts Week of June 17-21, 2019
Another busy and productive week here at Naval Yachts in the Antalya Free Zone as work continues on building their first eXtreme eXpedition Passage Maker XPM78-01 and our new floating home mv Möbius. As you have seen in the previous blog posts work has been...
Transfer Time: Wood, Water, Fuel & Air
We are all back after a wonderful week off for the big Eid-ul-Fitr or Ramazan Bayrami n Turkish which is the "Festival of the Breaking of the Fast" that occurs as soon as the new moon is sighted at the end of the month of fasting. Well rested, well fed and...
Drawer-ing to a Close
Progress for this last week of May 2019 was all about finishing the cabinetry for the King bed unit in our Master Cabin. The focus was on completing the construction of all twelve drawers that make up the large high base, hence this week’s title, as well as...
When your Captain says; “Come check out the new bed with me ……………”
I don’t know about you but when MY Captain, aka wife, aka Christine, says “Come check out the new bed with me” I say “Aye aye Captain”!!Lucky me, my Captain/Wife said that to me on Saturday when we brought my brother Bruce and wife Lyla by Naval Yachts so they...
Immersed in Beauty
For most of my life I have strived to “put myself in the way of Beauty” and as the work on Möbius starts to branch into multiple materials from the aluminium of the hull to the copper of the electrical wiring to the rosewood of the interior cabinetry I find myself...
U Wood 2!
This week’s progress building our beloved MV (Motor Vessel) Möbius and XPM78-01 here at Naval Yachts reached another exciting milestone with the cutting of the first wood being used to build our interior cabinetry and furniture. We are VERY excited about this...
Möbius Walkthrough Video Tour May 2019
It was a 4 day work week for most people here in Turkey with May 1st being the big “Emek ve Dayanışma Günü” or “Labor & Solidarity Day” public holiday also known simply as “May Day”. Very similar to the holiday around this time in many other...
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