Galley

Starting back after the Christmas break I decided to make a start on the galley as I intend the saloon lighting to be concealed led strips behind the timber rail which runs under the windows on both sides also it will be nice to get the cooker up and running. The photographs below show the galley area as it was when I purchased New Morning with the exception of the new shelf in the centre photograph. The plan is to continue the same theme as the panel above the chart table for the locker fronts they will be covered in the same off white laminate with the varnished teak trim the doors will in all probability be acrylic sheet sliding. I have been giving the worktop some careful consideration, previously I believe it had been finished with ceramic tiles which I am not too keen on, the top of the galley moulding is a bit on the flexible side at the moment so the new worktop will need to be reasonably rigid my first choice would be to go for 'Corian' but it is expensive and small quantities seem to be difficult to obtain the second choice is 'Compact' laminate which can be obtained in 10mm thick sheets but again this seems to be available in three or four metre long sheets only which even if I use the same pattern for the heads worktop is far too much for what I want to do and although this stuff is probably cheaper than 'Corian' it will still make a relatively expensive job and I will be left with a substantial off cut which I unlikely to have a use for. I came across this video on Youtube of a guy in Denmark who seems to be able to get hold of small amounts https://youtu.be/tKPAVfjqVNE however I shall continue the search.

Today I trial fitted the first of the locker fronts over the weekend I shall glue on the laminate and cut out the opening for the doors.

Locker front trial fitting

Found this in Aldi yesterday ceramic disc mixer tap for £29.99 made in China of course but should be OK for the galley sink.

I also have in hand now the led strip lights these can either be white or red to help preserve night vision at sea there are two negative leads one for white and one for red light they just require a three position, on/off/on, changeover switch in the negative wires I have sufficient to install two in the heads as well as the saloon. These luminaires are at 520mm long are too long to fit over the forward locker and the only shorter fittings that I can find do not have the red light facility but the four should be OK at night.

The longer screws for the headlining timber trim arrived today so that can be wrapped up in the near future. I shall be off to the London International Boat Show next week, time to start thinking about a chart plotter and DSC VHF radio, so for that and several other reasons it will be a bit of a short working week.