With the 2011 season starting to get underway here, there is an important question to be asked: how fares the fleet? For me: Suffren: Repatched and hull paint touched up around patches. Fully operational and ready to be returned to Phill for a new captain. Maru: Patched but lacking in the new paint department. Scheduled to have the balsa stripped off and reskinned in May. Fully operational. Orfey - On hold indefinately while other projects are worked on. Derf! - Nearing a stage for initial seatrials, the hope is to be combat ready by end of May. No new ships are currently planned for construction as the admiral has banned further expansion of the dockyard at this time.
At times, expanding the kitchen or the bathroom can convince an admiral to rethink expansion of a dockyard. In part because the admiral knows the time and money expended by expansion of said kitchen or bathroom prevents much expansion of the dockyard, even after permission has been granted. =]
Westfalen - dead rudder servo, can be be replaced at midnight... - otherwise looks good (one batch of servos on order) Mogador - pump is awol... Otherwise ready to go Roberts - needs refit... Liberty - needs patching and rudder servo linkage - research was done when the laptop crashed Mutsu - status unknown at this time Mutsu 2 - this year's project - after the shop is ready. Tugboat - props received - just need to install Shop - Door replaced, all parts for the chimney have been assembled - need to be installed.
Tiger: still waiting for a chance to use a band-saw that has not been abused by cutting metals for years, but once I get the ribs and such cut it should move right along. Could even happen tomorrow. Don't think she will be ready by this summer.
ribs are cut, now just for the keel (in its 4 pieces) and the deck. But finals are coming up, so might not get much done until after them
