Jai Nimai Nitai

Late summer of 97.  It wasn't always this sweet as you can see below.

The Platen is 20' wide by 16' tall and has all the delicate lines drawn on it which guide the fabrication of the steel frames. The lines are not visible at this resolution but they are simply the shape of every frame of the boat. In the picture is one powerhouse welder. As migs go this is the Ferrarri.

After the frames are suspended in their respective places the stringers are then cut in and tacked in place. They are the horizontal running bars. At this stage we begin to see the shape of the hull.

sorry about the massive file but this picture shows the process of plating very nicely. Both the height off of the floor and the distance from the ceiling are shown. This is of course the aft end of the vessel and towards the center the frames just cleared the ground. We had to lower the hull all the way to the floor to plate the deck for there was no clearance later on in the fabrication of the hull from the rafters to the topsides. My shop rafters are at 13' 1/2" off of the floor. The hull was fabricated without a keel to bring it to and exceptable height for doing the work indoors and shipping the boat to the final fabrication yard for keel, skeg and rudder installation.

Sitting in the transom and looking forward we can see lots of plating and the raised pilot house floor. Before the topsides were closed in the engine was set on its beds. It is a Belarus 65M and weighs in at 1,200 lbs.

Much later and after the hull was rolled out of the shop the underlayment and other woodworking began. Here we can see the Oak/Wenge sole of the heads. (bathroom floor)

This is a Porter Cable Laser Lock miter saw. It shines a bright red laser line on the wood to be cut. A switch puts the line on either side of the blade. It is accurate, very accurate, and very hard to keep that way. this work station is for installation of the hardwood walls show in the next picture.

I love working with Mahogany. This is Honduran and is a little lighter than the Brazilian which I installed in the temple room at New Talavan. Here we can also see the insulation which is a sprayed in closed cell foam. It was sprayed in and in a couple of seconds it was expanded and dry! It got too hot to touch at this time but the way it works when spraying makes it easy to put the correct amount in. The man who installed it came out of the boat looking like a snowman.

For the fitting out of the interiors of the floating temple we have aquired a goodly amount of exotic wood. Above is the zebrwood. It is about the only wood which is easy to show due to its intense contrast. the others simply lose too much to be worth showing by themselves. Not shown is the rosewood, canarywood, peruvian walnut, aromatic cedar, lacewood, and babinga. They will be placed according to color and usage. The pilot house due to its many windows will have its extreme light subdued by wenge walls and zebrawood cabinetry. The kitchen in contrast will have canarywood cabinetry to help boost the light level. the temple room will have the finest rosewood that I have ever seen. I believe that I have enough for the altar and all other cabinetry in the temple room.

this is a $16,000 Isomat mast. It was found in some kind of distress without the intended owner locatable by the marina to which it was shipped. Although originally intended to be the main mast for a 50 foot Alden sloop, it is perfect for the Jai Nimai Nitai. It is 70' long with two sets of spreaders. The coatings are impressive. On a hot summer day if you touch the mast, you will find it cool.

Om Keshavaya Namaha! This photo shows the tlak bow.

I fabricated all of the stainless railing and stanchions myself because I did not like the designs and prices of the off the shelf rails. My rails and stanchions all have support legs which weld solidly to the upright sections at a distance of 20" below the top. I also fabricated all the eyes and tangs and after polishing them they look good.

This ramp was built in anticipation of the pre lanch dedication ceremony. The previus ladder was a hazzard to climb but nearly all visitors braved it due to interest.

One last picture of the "Jai Nimai Nitai" The font is Waldorf script. The letters are 2 feet tall. It took me a week to paint on the names.

Since the file is so long I will not edit it. Look for the wood installation in the up and coming photos named "Exotic Wood Installation".

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