If you stick something in the sea water it does not take too long for it to be covered in furry green marine growth. To reduce the growth special paint is applied to the bottom of boats. Of course you need to take the boat out of the water to do this, and I got to take some pictures before the bottom painting. It was certainly interesting and educational to see the boat out of water. Continue reading
Category Archives: Boat Technical
Boat Construction Update 3 – Offload
Ok, technically these pictures pre-date our previous construction update with inside video and photos, but Nordhavn just sent us these cool pictures of them offloading the boat so we thought we would share.
Woohoo, it floats! A new boat is born. And just like a new baby it does not come out exactly clean. No worries, we know it will be sparkly clean when we take delivery in a few months.
Boat Construction Update 2 – First Walkthrough
We had an exciting day! It was the first time we saw Kosmos in person. We took some pictures and DivX video, including a full boat walkthrough video!
Boat Purchase Options
The Nordhavn 43 can be purchased with various options. So after you look at the standard equipment on a 43, you may be curious about the options we selected for Kosmos. Continue reading
Shipping Boats
We were warned early on that the timing of long range shipping of large things, like 43 foot boats from Taiwan, is not exactly precise. Continue reading