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October~13
The hydraulically lowering wheelhouse was originally built with a method for
supporting the weight of the front and rear screens, resembling scissor
style pram brackets.
Eddij Paal and his carpentry team quite rightly said they looked ugly
and would spoil their planned internal trimming in teak wood.
It was agreed at this late stage to re-engineer these screen supports
because the scissor brackets also didn't assist in helping with the weight
of hand lowering these weighty screens to a point which then allowed the
roof to further lower them to their eventual horizontal position. In line
with the lowered roofline of the wheelhouse.
Engineer Jan Smeets came up with a great idea of using 4 steel cables and
springs inside longitudinal steel tubes per screen, set in the wheelhouse
roof. With some minor adjustment of spring lengths, it worked brilliantly
well
and was a neat, easy to use improvement.
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