Renovation of S/S Robert July 2000

The owners of S/S Robert are proud to announce that the cabin has been mounted onboard. All those days in the carpentry have finally paid out. And now we think it is more than possible to see how the steamtug will look like when the renovation is finished. Don´t you think so too? Here are some photos taken during the two days we spent mounting the cabin.

A kit from IKEA?? As can also be seen on previous pages the cabin has been manufactured in sections in order to be easier to handle. The sections are fitted together with wooden plugs and are bolted to each other and to the hull.
The roof is being lifted to its proper position by strong arms. It is made of bead and butt panels that have been modified to fit properly. The sides of the cabin are not parallell so we had to bead new borders on some of the panels. Laminated wooden spars grants that the roof is strong enough to walk on and to mount other equipment on, such as a guyed mast and position lights.
Cabinside Compared to the old cabin this cabin is somewhat longer in order to be able to fit in a small bench. Even though most of us owners prefer staying in the machineroom we believe it would be nice for the skipper to have somewhere to sit down during long voyages.
The doors have been mounted with handles and locks. We choose to put the hinges on the aft side of the doors so that the doors won´t obscure the front view when fully open. Cabin front starboard side
Cabin from above As soon as the asphalted roofing-board was in place our dear companions on the other ships around S/S Robert asked for the topping-out party. Of course we answered that on S/S Robert the topping-out party has been changed into the steam-up dram. The poor lads will have to wait for another year or two!
The panels in the cabin are made of solid wood.

Many of the details on the reversing mechanism has been changed as the machine has been mounted with the lowpressure cylinder to the aft instead of the highpressure cylinder. The lower position of the bar makes the machine go forward.

	As can also be seen on previous pages the cabin has been manufactured in sections in order to be easier to handle. The sections are fitted together with wooden plugs and are bolted to each other and to the hull.
The roof is being lifted to its proper position by strong arms. It is made of bead and butt panels that have been modified to fit properly. The sides of the cabin are not parallell so we had to bead new borders on some of the panels. Laminated wooden spars grants that the roof is strong enough to walk on and to mount other equipment on, such as a guyed mast and position lights.
	Compared to the old cabin this cabin is somewhat longer in order to be able to fit in a small bench. Even though most of us owners prefer staying in the machineroom we believe it would be nice for the skipper to have somewhere to sit down during long voyages.
The doors have been mounted with handles and locks. We choose to put the hinges on the aft side of the doors so that the doors won´t obscure the front view when fully open.
	As soon as the asphalted roofing-board was in place our dear companions on the other ships around S/S Robert asked for the topping-out party. Of course we answered that on S/S Robert the topping-out party has been changed into the steam-up dram. The poor lads will have to wait for another year or two! The panels in the cabin are made of solid wood.
Many of the details on the reversing mechanism has been changed as the machine has been mounted with the lowpressure cylinder to the aft instead of the highpressure cylinder. The lower position of the bar makes the machine go forward.