Tadpole gets improvements - Iowa

 Along the far right is the extension cord coming into the galley/pilothouse at the aft end of the boat.

So as you step into the pilothouse, this cabinet is on the right and behind the pilots chair.

The black bag is our enormous fishing tackle box/bag.  It is sitting on top of our Engel refridgerator/freezer that we used as we traveled on the Mississippi from Minnesota to Ft. Walton Beach, FL.

We will use it, hopefully, next summer.  We plan to put Tadpole in the Mississippi next summer for a couple of weeks.  We would, also, like to trailer her down to Lake Ponchartrain, LA next summer, so we can cruise around the Gulf of Mexico.  We shall see. 

We sold the solar panel with "Heron" last Oct. so we'll need to get another one and rig up the refrigerator like we had on Heron.  It sure worked great.

Bob has constructed the cabinet.  He plans to glue a piece of Formica/laminate on it to match the existing cupboard doors.

  

The photo below is the foot rest for the co-captain's seat. There is one just like it at the captain's seat. They are made of cedar strips of wood by Bob.

Notice the beautiful white seat.  Bob mounted it on a swivel mechanism and the same for the captain's chair. There was plenty of space between the chair and the outside wall to build a cubby, makes a great spot to store my life jacket.  You get a sneak peek at my next photo focus in this pick.  The wall around the windows was stripped of it's original surface by the previous owner.  He got stuff torn out, but no progress on putting in the new.  So there were only wood strips up on the fiberglass as shown on the upper right. Bob is putting beadboard on the walls around the windows.  It looks gorgeous.

Unfinished walls

The walls all around the windows were stripped down to the fiberglass and strips for mounting the beadboard.

Finished walls before the trim

The walls after the beadboard has been attached. Then, of course, the trim will go on around all the windows and at the countertop.

Aft deck. Bob made the cedar floor mat.

 He's working his little butt off today.  I'd better get out there and get more photos.  I'm sure he's gotten lots more done.