With the hull of our first boat on the line, everyone from the hull team to mechanics and electricians are busy doing their part to make the Sabre 40 come to life. Our two top mechanics seen here took very little time to install the two Zeus pods in the hull. Tony Lorraine, the fellow working on the starboard pod, has done many Zeus installations on the Sabre 42 Express and so has the knowledge to impart to Les Morray who is working on the port pod in the picture.
First operation was to cut the fiberglass to create the opening for the pod. Wow, the glass is thick in that area! In total about 1.25 inches of solid glass. Then a template is used to drill the holes for the fasteners around the clamp rings and the rubber gasket that seal the hull and keep sea-water where it belongs. Soon the engines will be placed in the hull forward of the engine room bulkhead and drive shafts will couple to engines to the pods. But that's for another day