A lot of small steelwork
Despite the fact that we had already done a lot of steelwork in recent years, there was still a lot of smaller steelwork to be done. Sometimes it seemed like the steelwork would never end and the insulation and carpentry phase was still a long way off. Some of this steelwork was in the engine room: hull feedthroughs, exhausts, drains, etc. But also on deck, such as the mast feet, horses, filling openings and vents for the diesel and water tanks, anchor winch, anchor, anchor winch motor, prisms and the holders of the stanchions. Much of this steelwork had to be finished before the ship could be insulated.
Keel
In addition to all this small steelwork, there was also a major steelwork job: welding together the missing piece of the keel. For this, the entire custom-made steel package was brought to Hilbrand Bruinsma, who took on this project together with his son.
In addition, the engine room also had to be finished. The engine, generators and central heating boiler were already there, but still had to be installed and connected.
Because the carpentry would not be done in Harlingen, getting the Quadra sailing was also a priority. Fortunately, connecting the hydraulic steering went smoothly, but unfortunately there was not enough time to install the engine to such an extent that the Quadra could leave Harlingen under its own power. So she was towed from Harlingen to Franeker on 27 February.
On 22 March, the time had finally come: André had installed the engine and connected it to the cooling system, the day tanks and the engine controls. So after a check by the Gebr. De Jong company, the engine was started for the first time and on March 23, the Quadra navigated under its own power for the first time in over 30 years! However, the engine gave an error message, but this was quickly resolved by replacing the overpressure protection.
Before the ship could be insulated, the hull of the ship had to be cleaned and painted on the inside. In addition, the window frames had to be installed. We had received beautiful teak from a friend. The carpenter made the window frames in the doghouse and in the superstructure of the salon from this. The carpenter also made the boxes around the portholes and deck prisms. In the meantime, we installed all the frame work for the walls ourselves.
There was also just enough time to lay almost all the electrical cables and install most of the ventilation ducts. This was nicely incorporated into the insulation, which the ship was provided with within a day at the end of May.
After insulating the ship, it was time to install all the piping: all pipes, drains and ventilation to and from the diesel-, water- and waste water tanks, the piping for the central heating and the piping for the heat recovery system. Finally, water and diesel could be refuelled and fortunately the tanks turned out to be completely sealed.
The ventilation system was also further installed, the bilge pumps were installed, the exhaust pipes insulated and the engine room further insulated. The ship is now ready for the next phase: the interior fitting!
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