This gigantic building at Derecktors is 300′ long with a 281′ yacht filling it. The door is 80′ wide and 70′ high. It was my job to define how we lift the upper most modules to altitude and walk them forward to be installed on the top, in the middle. With our Aerogo airslides lifting the boat 4″ before sliding out, we ended up with only 6″ of clearance to exit the building. The Mast Module had to be installed outside.
It is difficult to paint such a large object. It had to be done in sections. Another hat that I wore was painting advisor. We had to invent ventilation and exhaust systems, tenting, and scaffolding. It is hard to fair such long flat runs of surface, traditional long boards are too short to serve as guidelines. Our two paint subcontract companies were wonderfully skilled and worked the second shift for years. I learned a lot, even from our novice paint manager, Carl, who worked hard and was wonderfully inventive. I liked him a lot. The paint job was definitely yacht quality. I was very proud of it.