Andromeda’s Wheelhouse!

Andromeda’s wheelhouse was a great place to be!

Photo’s 1-6 show the wheelhouse as it was when we first brought Andromeda home to Fleetwood. There was a lot of redundant electronics to get rid of and a lot of work needed to make it look clean as it had been neglected for years but it was worth it in the end.

I used to love being up here – especially in summer!

The photo’s below shows how the wheelhouse looked after it was de-cluttered and cleaned up – I also had a new solid mahogany entrance door made (at a cost of £360 as it had to be a custom size due to it being so small!), stable door style so that we could open the top half only to let air circulate but keep the three Yorkies inside so that they didn’t wreak havoc on deck!

Out Of The Water!

Once the redundant fishing gear was removed it was time for Andromeda to come out of the water…

Heavy Metal!

Lifting the redundant heavy fishing gear off Andromeda.

In all we removed around 32 tons of steelwork which meant that Andromeda now weighed just over 64 tons!

The Engine Room…

Andromeda’s spacious engine room.

Though the big Cummins 430 diesel engine looked in need of a good clean and a re-paint, it sounded so sw..e..e..e..t!

 

A New Floor For The Fish Hold…

The Floor of the fish hold was in a bad way so I replaced it with a double layer of 18mm water resistant chipboard, after first re-setting some of the joists that had worked loose.