Another very productive week working on the hull of mv (motor vessel) Möbius here at GreeNaval Yachts. Might not be the most visually exciting week but much progress none the less so let me walk you through the week with photos I’ve taken along the way. And there’s the usual video summary at the end as well.
When we left off last week the longitudinal stringers were being laid out on top of the aft and foreward deck plates.
The larger holes you see in this stack of frame tops are “lightening holes” to reduce weight and some also provide ready access for any conduit or plumbing runs that might be needed. However all these plumbing and wiring runs have already been placed in the 3D model and are primarily located in the sides of the frames in dedicated openings in the frames.
This will give you a sense of scale of these stiffener T’s. The edge under my thumb will be welded to the bulkhead plating and the small bits of aluminum you see between my thumb and forefinger are temporary braces to hold the T sections perfectly perpendicular to each other until they are fully welded once everything is in place.
One detail to notice here is all the small rectangular holes you can see cut into the plate. Each of the stiffeners have matching “tabs” cut into their ends which fit into these slots and guarantee that each stiffener is in just the right place. Makes it quite quick and easy for them to connect the edges of these slots with a felt pen line which will ensure that the stiffeners stay in just the right spot as they tack them in place.
Here are several of the vertical stiffeners tacked onto one of the bulkheads. The tabs and slots are under the ends of these stiffeners.
The slots along the top edges of this bulkhead will soon be filled with stringers when this frame is stood up on the deck in the jig.
If you look closely at that little arch of aluminium plate you see in front of Enver, (click to enlarge any picture to full size) you will see that he has tacked it onto the AL plate and then fitted an angled wedge piece of AL between the inside top of the arch and the top edge of the stiffener. You will see these being used hundreds if not thousands of time throughout the hull construction as this is how you pull two parts tight together before welding to make sure there is no gap.
That oval shaped hole at the bottom of the photo is one of those dedicated openings I mentioned earlier where plumpbing and wiring runs will pass through. There will be an aluminum collar fitted through each of these holes for the pipes and wires to pass through and because this is a watertight bulkhead these will then be sealed tight with special pass through fittings.
The large radius in the flat bar has been bent to shape in the hydraulic press using guide lines etched onto it by the CNC plasma cutter to show where the bend starts and stops.
One of the many frames with the stiffener flat bar tacked in place …..
You will notice how the stiffeners are run long, going past the miter joints of these top members of the frame where their vertical pieces will be welded. This ensures that no two welds line up with and increases the strength that much more. Most of the frames and stiffeners are made of 10mm plate.
These pictures will also give you a better sense of just how massively strong this hull framework will be and is one of the many SWAN features that Christine and I already love about the design and build of Möbius. SWAN = Sleep Well At Night
And that brings you up to date with our progress through April 11th, 2018.
Here’s a short video summary of the week that will give you an additional perspective on the week.
Thanks VERY much for joining us and don’t be shy about asking questions and suggestions by commenting below.
Hi Wayne!!! When does she turn right side up? And, how is she turned right side up?
Hi there Sweet Sue! Hope you are still basking in the joy of being so appropriately pampered by Bob and your boys yesterday for Mother’s Day.
Turning Day of Mobius will indeed be a very big milestone for Project Goldilocks and I have not been involved with one previously. In theory at least it is a pretty simple process and is commonly done using two cranes. Bands of thick webbing are wrapped around the hull and one crane pulls one web and side of the hull up while the other allows another web and side to go down and the hull rotates on a lengthwise axis through 180 degrees. You can check out this introductory video GreeNaval has https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toSXfLV9Ras and catch a very brief glimpse of one of their previous hulls being turned starting at about 0:39. And this sped up video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44trLxliiVo will show you a slightly different process using wire cables to turn one of their GN47 hulls. In that one they turn the boat end for end and flip it right side up all in the same go.
As you can imagine we will certainly have lots of video and photos for that big day here in Antalya which I’d guesstimate will be around July so not too much longer for all of us to wait and hope the above videos will give you a good idea of how the process will work. But of course THE best way for you to find out is to schedule your first visit over here for about those dates. Just sayin’…………………………………………..
Thanks for your interest and joining us in the newest adventure. Keep those questions coming please.
Thank you Wayne, for taking the time to illustrate and explain this fascinating process to lay people like me!
Hey there Philip! Sure do miss being able to discuss all this with you aboard Blue Bie as we did so many times in the past but great to see you pop up here and thanks so much for joining us on this new adventure.
However I’m certainly not buying your attempt to categorise yourself as a “lay person” as you are about as far from that as I can imagine. It is a fascinating process and we are all in heavy duty learning mode with these very different design of boats, which of course is part of the fun and attraction of this project. Hope all continues well with you and Blue Bie and keep your updates coming please. Can’t wait to be anchored beside you again or at least have you enjoying the Guest Cabin on Mobius which has your name on it already.