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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