A few more pics; liveaboard family in 1936, some tech things, carpentry details.
I had access to a friend's wood shop, that made a lot of it possible.
The bow thruster can be accessed with the ship in the water; I even removed the thruster motor and withdrew it out through the top, but that caused water to come in through a 4" hole for 5 or 10 seconds.
That was exciting.
The gearbox had a tiny metal ball stuck in the bevel gears, luckily there was no damage.
I designed the control panels on a PC and had them engraved at a shop. A bit costly but it looks really sharp. In this pic, the new CIS system required to keep the navigable status.
The DC power board, not in use now.
I bought an antique anchor windlass, it was rusted solid but complete. added a hydraulic motor, bearings, had the parts galvanized. The surveyor figured it's worth a couple of grand as a usable but semi-authentic historic piece. It can be hand cranked too, but it's a lot of work if there's much length of chain out.
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The milled wood window trim for the curved bits.
