[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Randy from Denton Texas joined us for the day.   Jack, Betsy and I got the Port Holes,  not Portals, laid out.  Huge showed up and did some clean up, and Aaron was Mr Welder the entire day.   The job for tomorrow is to cut the freeing ports and grind steel fast enough to stay ahead of Mr Welder.[/x_text][/x_column][/x_row][/x_section][x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_slider animation=”slide” slide_time=”7000″ slide_speed=”1000″ slideshow=”false” random=”false” control_nav=”false” prev_next_nav=”true” no_container=”false” ][x_slide]

Randy up from Denton Texas; and I making the cargo hatch coaming pretty.

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Running two welders is really making fast progress.

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Randy lowering the main hatch coaming to give the hatch about a quarter inch clearance. Tomorrow we start on the last two main hatch parts to complete the seal.

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Jack, marking out where a port hole will go on in the cargo hold.

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Checking the clearance.

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Betsy helping decide on where to put the port holes. We end up with 2 in the forward cabin, 4 in the cargo hold, 2 in the engine room and 2 in the aft cabin.

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