CCN Panam c4002

GENERAL UPDATE

The construction process continues to gather momentum, especially with regards to the interior outfitting. In general, the quality is excellent, what has been flagged to the yard they have taken in good humour and set about the rectifications works, but are all actually quite minor.

Interior:

• Sections of the stone works materials have been fitted in the main saloon.  The install is well executed.

• The Main saloon internal partition has also been installed. This will form part of the main aquarium piece.

• All of the main deck sliding doors and guest foyer doors are installed, making the yacht weatherproof.  The electrical connections have not yet been verified, but that will haven in the coming week.

Exterior:

• As you will be aware, the focus in these last weeks has been around the completion of the external areas for finishing, painting etc…. We have made several visits, many of which have been conducted with the yard’s external quality control (external coatings) surveyor.

• Together we have rejected several areas of the paint.  These areas under the guidance of both parties have re-sprayed, what can basically be described as the port side of the vessel. Although inspected internally, we have moved to not accept or sign off on any areas yet.  The final inspections for paint will happen once the yacht is settled in the La Spezia facility, cleaned and been subjected to some heat and UV light.

• There are some areas that we already know the paint team will have to re-work, but the as I can see currently, these few areas can easily be worked on in the water.  We do not anticipate any major repairs or re-working of undercoating systems at this stage.  This process or final paint repairs/reworking is totally normal and anticipated.  Some small areas on the mast for example will be finished once all the equipment is installed.

• The anti fouling application for the hull’s underwater parts has been well applied any plentiful in terms of microns, the physical amount of paint.  

Engineering:

• The engine room is coming together well.  Nearly all the equipment and outfitting is moving towards completion. We will now await the program of commissioning works to commence with the builder and the various sub-contractors. We will keep you appraised of the testing and commissioning schedule once we receive it.

• The work in the tender garage is just starting to commence.  The engine room soft patch is now welded in place, the principal equipment is located, but not installed other than the engineering runs overhead.

• The beach club area has progressed the most since our last report.  The propulsion system has been coupled and sealed.  All three main engines are now in place and directly coupled to the gearboxes, drive shafts for the main jets.  The directional jet nozzles are fitting and operational as are the control buckets on the outer units.

• The shell doors are currently all installed, although we will require more detailing necessary before coming up any of the service/inspection hatches

• The underwater components are all well installed.  There are some minor comments that I’ll address with the yard regarding some of the transom mounted equipment.  Some sections of sealant and sika flex need to be re-done, but the yard has more than enough time to do these.

Launching:

• As you are already aware the yacht was successfully launched on the morning of the 5th August.  The yacht is currently located at the Baglietto facility in La Spezia. The launch was conducted at the Port of Carrera facility.  The launch its self was carried out using two large cranes.  The yacht was lifted using 8 straps controlled in four main groups, with two groups aft and two forward.

• Attention should be paid to the manner in which the yard using hull blocks to speed the strap load.  These blocks should be replicated and used should you ever wish to haul the yacht again by way of lifting straps as opposed to a syncro-lift. I will approach the yard to see how or what we need to do in this respect.

• The cranes also used two spreader bars, to ensure that the vertical component force of the straps didn’t have much inward force to the hull form.  Again, for any future hauling operations, this is essential have.  The spreader bars should be outside the hull envelope during haul/launch operations.

• The yacht was launched without incident, the hull sides were well protected with plastic and carpet to prevent the straps from damaging any paint.  No damages were present post strap removal.