Update:  Jan 05, 2004 0400 EST
The raised pilothouse floor is almost completed!  This "basement" arrangement provides lots of oversize storage space and integrates the ventilation ducts into the vessel's structure.
Installation of the refrigerators, icemaker and deep freezer is almost complete.  The efficient refrigeration systems aboard SEDATION 4 permit extended cruising with minimal energy consumption.
The roofs page has been updated with pictures and movies.  All 3 panels are completed and awaiting installation.
Now that the holidays are over, work on SEDATION 4 has resumed at a rapid pace.  I'm so excited that I can't sleep!  Awakening around 1:30 am every morning, I work on the boat model (with the help of LOTS of espresso :) and plan the day's activities.  Arriving at the boatbuilders around 7:30 each morning and working non-stop until after dark should be exhausting ... but it's not.  I grab a quick bite, head home to take a long shower (that fiberglass is a real PIA to wash off) and crash.  Sometimes I forget to plug-in the laptops and/or cell phone for recharging but there's plenty of early morning hours to compensate.  Documenting the progress with my camera is quick and easy using the Canon S30 and Apple iBook but converting all this info to web content is tedious.  I'll try to keep the site fairly current but supervision duties are really taking a substantial chunk out of my days.  Lunch breaks don't exist, for me, anymore.  That's ONE hour each day that I can spend uninterrupted at the plant.
New Year's Eve at the Cocoa Beach Pier was fun!  Took the dinghy out for a spin on January 1st too.  Ahhhh!  Florida weather .....Gotta run - another bizzy day ahead.