The interior is now starting to look more like a liveaboard than an old ship's/oil rig lifeboat.

The fuel tank framework is well on the way to be finished off

Just one bit of trim to cut and the fuel tank seating area will be complete

solar vent fitted to the roof of the life boat and now there will be a through flow of air

The finished battery box/storage locker just needs to be painted with a coat of white gloss to finish it off.

The aft end getting there, just going to take time to sort out the little jobs up this end of the boat

A change of scenery a bit quieter than Kingston  

And there is a Pub across the road as well. 

Getting some of the smaller items made and finished off ready to go back on the boat

The battery box lid now with its trims fitted and primed and under-coated. Also a few of the other bits of trim ready to be fitted on the boat

Cutting the trims for the toilet door and once down on the boat they can be fitted in olace.

A few more trims for other parts of the boat to be fitted at the same time

Clearing the workshop ready to build the new cabin doors to complete the lifeboat's conversion.

Mai-Star II out of the water for a bit of TLC after a winter afloat.

Over the winter, although there were enough fenders to protect her hull during one of the winter storms the port side got caught up against the pontoon and the hull got damaged and the paint got removed. however, apart from that the hull got off lightly in the damage steaks.

Te rest of the hull is just in need of a good sanding and priming and repainting and the antifouling renewing. 

Just got to get to grips with the cabin roof and the varnishing and finish off the cockpit area and then we can go sailing again.

Starting on the final stages of the conversion

Sorting out this mass of wires 

Down to what is needed now to run the electrical systems on the boat from its old system it had as a lifeboat. 

Now starts on a simple push button with out all the back up systems it had as a lifeboat that it does not need now.

The boat getting a clean up and sorting out what needs to get put in the last few places.

The fuel tank is now forward on the starboard side and doubles as a seat for the client.

The major electrical components going onboard and other items and making a start on sorting out the new fuel line system.

The new battery box before any work to fit new equipment to it has started

The battery isolator and the inverter now fitted on the front of the battery box, the isolator is wired up, just got the inverter to wired up and the system will be up and running.

Starting to fit the first of the two sinks in the boat.

Starting to make a start on the fuel tank and get the first filter fitted and now get the fuel lines fitted, First got to get a fuel tap to fit between the tank and the filter so that the fuel can get switched off in an emergency or to change the filters.