Couple Builds 45' Aluminum Sailboat In Back Yard

PhillyAnt Published 12/22/2013

It only took them 14 years. Pretty damn cool, if you ask me!

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Constructing a level surface to begin the framing
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First frames going up. Pictured in the foreground is the work surface used to layout the curves of each
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All frames situated in with aluminum bulkhead
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Stringers installed
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Stringers and frames at the keel
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Flipping the boat over with a crane
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Then, plating the cockpit
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The deck and hatches
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Custom-made bimini with aluminum support
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The hull is completed
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Cranes removing the boat from the back yard
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Leaving the yard
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And somehow getting stuck leaving the back yard
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The green Volvo engine powering it all
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Preparing for the installation of the ballast
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Lots of carpentry work to be done
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Turning the living room into a workshop
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And now its time to make the bed
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Dresser and drawers
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The door to the engine room
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All of the hard work started coming together
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Getting ready to go
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Touchdown!

1.
Constructing a level surface to begin the framing
2.
First frames going up. Pictured in the foreground is the work surface used to layout the curves of each
3.
All frames situated in with aluminum bulkhead
4.
5.
Stringers installed
6.
Stringers and frames at the keel
7.
8.
9.
10.
Flipping the boat over with a crane
11.
Then, plating the cockpit
12.
13.
The deck and hatches
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Custom-made bimini with aluminum support
21.
22.
The hull is completed
23.
Cranes removing the boat from the back yard
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
Leaving the yard
29.
And somehow getting stuck leaving the back yard
30.
31.
32.
The green Volvo engine powering it all
33.
34.
35.
36.
Preparing for the installation of the ballast
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
Lots of carpentry work to be done
44.
Turning the living room into a workshop
45.
46.
47.
48.
And now its time to make the bed
49.
Dresser and drawers
50.
51.
52.
The door to the engine room
53.
54.
55.
All of the hard work started coming together
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
Getting ready to go
61.
62.
Touchdown!