{"id":87,"date":"2006-03-13T06:06:32","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T06:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2006\/03\/13\/boat-construction-update-5\/"},"modified":"2006-03-13T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T21:16:09","slug":"boat-construction-update-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2006\/03\/13\/boat-construction-update-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Construction Update 5 &#8211; Lots to do&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of people have been suspicious looking at the pictures. Kosmos looks pretty done, yet we say we will be taking possession in May. They even see the boat happily driving along in one picture. What could there possibly be left to do? People wonder if they are holding our boat hostage or something. Shall we swoop in with swords and pirate hats to take the boat right now? Calm down, here is some picture proof there is more to do.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First of all, there is lots of outside rigging yet to be done.. This includes the mast, smokestack, paravanes, and boom.\u00a0 Let us look at Kosmos vs. a done boat:<\/p>\n<p>Kosmos <a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2006-03-12 14-17-05_0030_resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2014-17-05_0030_resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image88\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2006-03-12 14-17-05_0030_resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2014-17-05_0030_resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a>\u00a0vs. done <a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2005-12-30 11-23-56_0094-resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2005-12-30%2011-23-56_0094-resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image92\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2005-12-30 11-23-56_0094-resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2005-12-30%2011-23-56_0094-resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The anchor and rollers need to be installed as seen here:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2006-03-12 14-15-46_0025_resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2014-15-46_0025_resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image91\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2006-03-12 14-15-46_0025_resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2014-15-46_0025_resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2006-03-12 14-15-56_0026_resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2014-15-56_0026_resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image90\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2006-03-12 14-15-56_0026_resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2014-15-56_0026_resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But that is not all.\u00a0 There are more items to be installed, that include generator bypass switch, battery monitor, outdoor mesh window covers, storm plate covers for salon windows, mid stateroom mattress, antennas, wind gauge, and a few things we are still deciding on to install now, later, or maybe never.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is testing. <em>Lots of testing<\/em>. The boat has an amazing abundance of wires, hoses, tubes, values, pumps, and switches.\u00a0 For example AC power, DC power, diesel fuel, lighting, hydraulic steering, hydraulic stabilization, fresh water, grey water (sinks and showers), black water (toilets), and salt water (deck wash down as well as cooling loops for generator, wing engine, and air conditioning). And do not forget there are 3 diesel systems aboard which are main propulsion, wing propulsion, and electric generator.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, it all adds up. And yes, it is hard, but very necessary, to be patient as everything is worked on. There has been progress since our last update.\u00a0 The bottom paint has been completed:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2006-03-11 10-58-36_0016_resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-11%2010-58-36_0016_resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image93\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2006-03-11 10-58-36_0016_resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-11%2010-58-36_0016_resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kosmos does stand out in\u00a0a crowd, at least we think so.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2006-03-12 15-12-02_0036_resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2015-12-02_0036_resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image95\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2006-03-12 15-12-02_0036_resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2015-12-02_0036_resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2006-03-12 15-11-19_0035_resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2015-11-19_0035_resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image94\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2006-03-12 15-11-19_0035_resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-12%2015-11-19_0035_resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And finally here we are happy that the boat is making progress. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"2006-03-11 10-58-22_0015_resize.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-11%2010-58-22_0015_resize.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image89\" height=\"96\" alt=\"2006-03-11 10-58-22_0015_resize.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/2006-03-11%2010-58-22_0015_resize.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of people have been suspicious looking at the pictures. Kosmos looks pretty done, yet we say we will be taking possession in May. They even see the boat happily driving along in one picture. What could there possibly be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2006\/03\/13\/boat-construction-update-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-technical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}