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Parts	Upper of stern struts	Lower stern strut.


Bow gear construction.	Stern gear construction


Bow gear down.	Stern gear down.	Stern gear down.


Bow gear up.	Stern gear up.	Stern gear up.


Construction of buoyancy compartments.	Buoyancy compartments counteract weight of gear.	Hydraulic steering, steers both the outboard motor, and the bow wheel.


Bow wheel hydraulic steering components.	Steering hydraulic piston installation.	Bow wheel steering installed.


Instrument panel & hydraulic steering pump	Switch panel	Helm remodelled for hydraulic control system.


Hydraulic circuit.	Hydraulic control system wiring.	Hydraulic control system wiring.


H1 standing on her own three feet.	Arch construction.	Arch installed.


Construction continues...


HOW IT WAS -- waste of 45 minutes (that's just putting it into the water).	Retrieving it involves a whole set of different problems. This was when dad uses his colorful metaphors excessively.	The trailer he went through so much trouble to build will NOT be wasted. We'll use it to time the rusting process of galvanised steel.