Sunday, May 7th 2006 in Dana Point One day left before we take official delivery. We went to see how everything turned out after a final flurry of work by Nordhavn. We called and found out something neat.

The Taiwanese boat yard that built Kosmos had 3 of the workers visiting, and they were planning to be on the boat about the same time we were. So we quickly diverted to the store and got some chocolate and cookies and proceed to Kosmos to meet them.

It turns out the master woodworker was one of the people visiting. To our amazement he was there on our boat touching up the interior woodwork.

The wood was practically flawless before and now it is simply amazing. For most of our visits all the woodwork was covered with cardboard, so it was very impressive to see it uncovered and looking so great.

We met Josh, Mr. Li, and Mr. Li and gave them the food we brought.

We also asked them to relay a message back to the boat yard: We are forever thankful for the excellent work making our new home, and how confident we are of their master craftsmanship. Only Josh spoke English, but we think our smiles conveyed our message nicely to Mr. Li and Mr. Li.

We know some owners visit the boat yard in Taiwan, and we wish we could have as well. However it was a nice moment to meet some of the people that worked on our boat, have them meet us, and stand inside the completed vessel.

So this is it, the last construction update! Everything after this will become “ongoing projects” as opposed to construction.