Saturday, August 9, 2008

Finishing Glasshopper Construction

Finally the exterior of the Glasshopper is finished.

The crystal cockpit looks very transparent .

Looking at the connection of the cockpit to the forward column.

Looking forward showing large glass area.

Looking aft in the passengers area.

The bar is nearly finished.

Flatscreens ready to pop up to present information to the passengers.

One of the large ballast pumps with a capacity of 30,000 liters per minute.

Part of the double bottom ballast tank with a cross pump.

Some other nice installations.

The entrance door in the aft ship closes watertight due to the low draught when passing bridges.

One of the electric powered podded propellers.


The aft ship propulsion arrangement with the two ballast intakes at the centre.


As it is launch day today this is the last chance to weld the anodes to prevent hull corrosion.

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