Update:  March 16, 2004 0300 EST
All 8 side deck sections are finally installed.  Molding these panels instead of hand-fabrication has numerous benefits, so I constructed a new page about the subject.
Installation of the 3 molded roofs is going smoothly.  Joining all that fiberglass requires a multitude of laminations!
With the forward deck panels and slanted roof now installed, enclosing the staterooms proceeded smoothly.  These are spacious by any standards (some say over-kill) but exactly what I wanted for living aboard.  We cut holes for the first 4 of 16 portholes and they are huge.
Preparation for moving the massive pilothouse roof into position is complete.  To assure smooth operation of the sliding pilothouse windows, the walls must be absolutely flat.  I decided to install these windows prior to placing the roof.  They fit perfectly, as designed, and only required 5 minutes each. We applied 1" laminations around the top edges, on both sides, of the walls (the darker areas visible at right) for reinforcement during assembly.  The big roof gets installed today!
Settee base panels are installed and ready for comfy cushions.  The scale and proportions of the main cabin's interior are more easily appreciated now.  In this under-construction photo the shiny white panel at the bottom is the 15° slanted forward edge of the 8' long settee base.  Wooden strips are temporarily attached on the wall behind to support the cushion base.  Imagine 4" thick cushions (which would obscure viewing the strips in this picture) adjacent to a 10" wide padded armrest atop the massive settee end (the curved thingy with the hole) which positions your derriere 21" above the floor when seated.   A 24" high thickly-padded backrest extends 7" above the edge of the side deck (covered in blue tape) and wraps around the corner to the shorter forward settee section.
Fabrication of the huge one-piece molded bow panel was completed yesterday.  We will peel it from the mold today, after installation of the pilothouse roof.  This is the second-largest custom panel of the project.  The biggest will be the one-piece forward deck.  Laying-out that huge part commences today.
Building the 2 pieces for each forward deck step was easy.  Here's a  view of the starboard step as seen from standing atop the 5° slanted roof.  The one-piece forward deck will cover the exposed rope locker areas, forward of the steps, and span the entire bow.
The "white hull" launching may precede April 1 at this rate.  I'm too excited to sleep ... 3-4 hours seems quite excessive these days!    The beaches are crowded with Spring Break 2004 visitors but I haven't had time to go play.  Easter Surf-Fest at Cocoa Beach is approaching, which I may get to enjoy once moved aboard.  NASA launched another rocket at 12:40 am last Saturday morning and it was spectacular.  There's another launching scheduled for this weekend.  Springtime in Florida is beautiful but all this talk of launchings reminds me of a few urgent design duties so I'll wrap-up this update with a reminder to RSVP if you can attend the SEDATION 4 christening.