Getting Started...

Starting actual work:
I am catching up on progress thus far and will back track a little to speak of shop space and what we did to accomodate the construction of the RW23.

Converted Shop Space

Shop Space:

Boat shown in Silouette in shop space

Having reduced the horse population at our place from five to our present two geldings, I was left with quite a bit of usable, covered stall space that could be converted to shop space by simply closing it in.  The stalls were 12' x 18' and two of them sat adjacent to a 12' x 12' feed/storage room.  In essence this could provide 36' x 12'+ of usable space plus the additional 6' of width along 24' of that same room.  The stall floors were rubber mat covered so a proper floor was needed that could be used to screw down jigs and strongbacks.  We laid salvaged joists from the dismanteled stalls and decked them with 3/4" subfloor.  The ceiling was covered in 7/16" OSB decking and everything painted white before four 8' - T5 flourescent strips were installed to give a little over 119 lumens per square foot according to a Lithonia lighting online software program (thanks to Brad Wilkinson, our resident Engineering guru in the office).With that I laid out the space in CAD to be sure of headroom and to also make sure that the Redwing would fit due to an aggravating step up into the feed room (it having been constructed some years back at a different height). You can see its a tight fit in elevation but not too bad in plan view.

This will eventually require that the boat be removed through the end wall and some work probably will have to be accomplished outside.  It is my intention however to mount it on v-groove casters set on inverted angle iron that will extend beyond the shop on salvaged post and beams so that it can be rolled in and out as needed until complete.