I thought you might be interested in seeing the interior of a yacht that we have just finished and delivered. The wood is teak imported directly from Indonesia. All the work was done in the carpentry shop at our yard in Alabama. Some 14 full time, local carpenters did the work.
Hastings
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Hastings,
Incredible work! You can be proud to be part of a team that produces such fine work - I know I would be.
Lee
Lee:Thank you for your comments. I really cannot claim any credit for this work. I thought it would be interesting to see commercial work where price is not usually the deciding factor.Hastings
Hasrings,
Nice.
It's refreshing to see a different application of woodworking and yet it looks as if it would be right at home so to speak. Meant as a compliment to both the build team and designer.
Looks like nothing was spared on the crews quarters as well.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob:I think any woodworker would feel quite at home. The difference is that owners expect the work to be flawless and that few surfaces are flat planes that join at 90 degrees. The master state room is the nearest one gets to square - pretty much everything else is multi-planar.Hastings
Very, very nice! Nautical interiors are really special. I took my first halting steps in woodwork when a friend's 42' ketch (on which I served as the informal First Mate)needed some cabinet interiors to protect the Waterford whilst underway. The only connecting thread between that and the work in your pictures was the appretiation I gained for the kind of work you're engaged in -- nothing sqaure or straight, and everything has to tolerate moisture levels you'll never see ashore.
Thanks for the pictures of some really excellent work!
Verne
If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to cut it up and make something with it . . . what a waste!
Is there anyway to make these photographs larger on my screen? They are tiny.
thanks
roc
roc:Here they are again, just a little larger. The full size was about 23 MB. These come in at about 1.6 MB.Hastings
You are very kind, and quite a wood worker, thank you and great job !
roc
Hastings,
What a magnificent job!
As a racing yachty of too many summers,we never got to live in anything as beautifully finished as that!
Thanks for the views,
Robin
Gorgeous work, congratulations. I've often thought that if I had another life I'd like to seriously do yacht interiors. Thanks for posting.
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
That all looks most tantalising. I take it the wood is Tectona Grandis ie Burmese teak? Would you mind posting some close-ups of selected areas? How long did the project take and did you contract to do it within any specified time frame?
Phillip:Thank you for your comments. The carpentry took about two years from start to finish. This included establishing the yard and shop as well as a delay due to Katrina. The owner specified some very sophisticated electronics at a cost of over $1 MM and these caused quite a delay from the original 18 month projection. I have posted some larger photos in my reply to roc so you should get a little more detail. I can post full size of particular images if you would like to give me a list.HastingsPS I don't know for certain about the teak, but I think you are correct. We ordered and used 8500 bd ft at about $10 per bd ft.
Hastings,
Beautiful.
Having had a sailor's two happiest days: The day he buys his boat, and the day he sells it, I remember the teak that stayed beautiful below deck and the teak that drove me nuts, with endless finishing, above.
My 36' sloop's wood work was teak, but there was nothing luxurious about it. It had a dull, oiled finish. I used to go to boat shows to look at the larger yachts and drool over the lacquered and polished kind of work you are involved in.
What is the lighter wood alternating in stripes in the flooring?
Rich
Rich:The owner wanted a very traditional yacht finish. The sole is teak with maple inserts. For the painted board ceilings, we used beech. We cut 1/4 veneers and glued it to 1" polystyrene foam which in turn was glued to 1/4" ply. The panels were then screwed in place with the screws hidden by the teak carlins. It was necessary to reduce weight.Thank you for your comments.Hastings
Thanks, Hastings. I love games. Especially yacht-see. ;-)
Lovely work.
Hastings,
Great work. Are you in Orange Beach?
Earl
Ew- cabinets.
But seriously, very nice work. I looked through all the pictures you posted (FWW, it would be great if I could look at the next picture without going back and clicking on the next image - don't know if that's possible). If you had not said that that was a yacht, I would have assumed it was a house. The only thing that strikes me as being odd is the sink protruding as far as it does. Somehow, that convex shape just doesn't fit in with the rest. I did however really like the convex shape of the drawer fronts in the states room. Are all the walls square (within reason) or are they round? Great looking shop you have to work in, by the way.
Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
(soon to be www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Wow, fantastic! Thanks for posting the pictures, there's something about gorgeous woodwork on a boat (yacht, yes) that's very special. It's also fun to see how the other half lives, LOL.
"Some 14 full time, local carpenters did the work."
With due respect to all of the great carpenters, I believe that you understate your case. The folks who did this work should, in my opinion, be more accurately described as artisans or craftsmen! Great work!
Magnificent work!!!
Have you ever seen a Capstan Table? They're round tables that expand as they're rotated. A friend showed me a clip of one on a yacht and it's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
Hastings. That's fantastic! Would you be interested in writing a short Web article for us with those photos in our new community blog?
http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/blog/woodworking-life
Send me an email at [email protected] if you're interested and I'll walk you through the process.
Regards,
Matt Berger
Fine Woodworking
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