Tuesday, I was able to place the faceframe on the sink and temporary set in the oven just to get a feel. I then made a mock-up of the table. The interior took on a whole new feel as to how it might look finished. So things are slowly progressing. Today, I took a drove to RVDoctorGeorge and canvassed the place for parts. I found good hardware for affixing the table to the hull, also, burner pads and other hardware for the oven to gimble it. I scored big on a propane alarm and solenoid. One more item was a water pump for the sink. This one is a 12 volt "on-demand" which is not my first choice as they will end up using the water too fast. Maybe I can rig some type of timer that makes it automatically shut off after a few seconds.
I invited Dee up into the boat so that she could get a feel of how it will look and also to discuss "finish" ideas. I was worried about whether she was going to want a bright light finish, or go with the darker teak finish. I guess the darker teak finish is what she wants. Some people do not like too much teak down below as they feel it can become "gloomy". Dee and I are not that way I guess.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Galley Buklheads
Yesterday I couldn't work on the boat like I wanted since I was feeling pretty good. Dee's Uncle had passed away and yesterday we had a memorial at the cemetary. Afterwards, I had promised to take Tessa to the carnival that swings into town every year. She and her friend Nina closed the carnival down at 11:30pm. I was tired.
Today was Mother's day. Tessa and I cooked breakfast for Dee. The plate I set down next to the stove with paper towels to drain the hashbrowns and sausage caught on fire, my bad! I had it too close to the stove.
Today, I got the bulkheads in for the Galley.
Tomorrow dialysis, so I don't know how much more I can get done for the day.
Today was Mother's day. Tessa and I cooked breakfast for Dee. The plate I set down next to the stove with paper towels to drain the hashbrowns and sausage caught on fire, my bad! I had it too close to the stove.
Today, I got the bulkheads in for the Galley.
Tomorrow dialysis, so I don't know how much more I can get done for the day.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
More of the Same
Tuesday, I finished bolting in the Bulkheads. I find I have to do a lot of resourcing in order to figure out how I am going to do things. Today, I went down to a local R/V shop to see how they have been finishing out the interiors, not that I can do the same on a boat because of the moisture, but still, just to get ideas.
I had an appointment with the retinal specialists today which kind of screwed up productivity for the day.
I bought an old sailboat, a Venture 25 that I am going to strip of all valuable hardware and rigging to put on the 'Isabel'. Tessa helped me tonight un-bolt the bow/stern pulpits and the stanchions off the Venture 25. I was worried that the stern pulpit may not fit the Santana, but once I got it sitting up there, it looked fine. Just a few minor adjustments. The bow pulpit is going to work fine too, so I am happy.
I had an appointment with the retinal specialists today which kind of screwed up productivity for the day.
I bought an old sailboat, a Venture 25 that I am going to strip of all valuable hardware and rigging to put on the 'Isabel'. Tessa helped me tonight un-bolt the bow/stern pulpits and the stanchions off the Venture 25. I was worried that the stern pulpit may not fit the Santana, but once I got it sitting up there, it looked fine. Just a few minor adjustments. The bow pulpit is going to work fine too, so I am happy.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Bulkheads, Electrical Panel, Temporary Steps
Yesterday, I finished tearing out the port bulkhead.
Spending most of the day still tearing the boat apart, I did actually re-install the first items being the pop-up supports. I had to buy new stainless bolts, they didn't have the diameter I wanted so I had to size up a notch.
The bolts holding the two halves that sandwich the port bulkhead forming the mast step were practically all gone. Here is a photo of the bolts I took out compared to one of the new ones I will be putting back in.
I also started pulling out old computer parts from the garage to see what I could salvage in making a nice electrical panel. I was thinking about adding one of my ham radios, but decided against it as things would probably start looking cluttered.
Today I trimmed the starboard bulkhead to allow a little more passage room. I added an arc overhead of the passage way to give it a little more design. I think boats should have more curves than angles. I epoxied the edges of the bulkheads and laid some fiberglass along the edged that will be where the chainplate attaches just in case it leaks.
Pulled out a few more computer cases as I develop my electrical panel further.
I read in this months "Crusing World" how I-phones have quite a few applications now for the sailor, like one app that is an actual chartplotter (using government raster charts) and GPS. So you can track yourself just like the big chartplotters. Except for the smaller screen of course.
It is amazing how technology continues to advance.
Well... off to BBQ some steaks tonight.
Interior without bulkheads
Spending most of the day still tearing the boat apart, I did actually re-install the first items being the pop-up supports. I had to buy new stainless bolts, they didn't have the diameter I wanted so I had to size up a notch.
The bolts holding the two halves that sandwich the port bulkhead forming the mast step were practically all gone. Here is a photo of the bolts I took out compared to one of the new ones I will be putting back in.
Old versus New
I also started pulling out old computer parts from the garage to see what I could salvage in making a nice electrical panel. I was thinking about adding one of my ham radios, but decided against it as things would probably start looking cluttered.
Today I trimmed the starboard bulkhead to allow a little more passage room. I added an arc overhead of the passage way to give it a little more design. I think boats should have more curves than angles. I epoxied the edges of the bulkheads and laid some fiberglass along the edged that will be where the chainplate attaches just in case it leaks.
Pulled out a few more computer cases as I develop my electrical panel further.
I read in this months "Crusing World" how I-phones have quite a few applications now for the sailor, like one app that is an actual chartplotter (using government raster charts) and GPS. So you can track yourself just like the big chartplotters. Except for the smaller screen of course.
It is amazing how technology continues to advance.
Well... off to BBQ some steaks tonight.
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