Even more galley

Last weeks cold weather meant that I did not get as much done as I would have liked on Friday I went over to the boatyard and picked up the switch panel and brought it home to work on It wasn't a lot warmer in the conservatory but at least I had somewhere close at hand to warm up. I soldered all the outgoing cables to the panel and also fitted and wired the digital battery voltmeter and installed the control switch for the night vision lighting in the saloon and heads. The milder weather this week meant that I could get back to work and the first job was to replace the switch panel and reconnect all the wires to the terminal strips. While working on the electrical installation I installed two twin socket outlets one above the chart table and one in the aft cabin these have both 12v DC and USB outlets yes I know the ends of the cable ties need trimming I will do that when everything is in and tidied up.

Switch panel reconnected

The lighting control switch is the one below the voltmeter I know that this panel does not look very pretty from the outside but it is functional I will probably upgrade it some time in the future and it still needs the switches to be labelled.

New socket outlets above the chart table

New socket outlets in the aft cabin

I have made the upper front panel for the crockery stowage and it is now fitted the internals still need to be made once I have finalised the design I just hope that I can find some crockery that will fit.

Crockery stowage

I spent some time on Wednesday producing some more timber trim for the galley lockers these will be varnished at home hopefully ready to fit next week. Before I can fit the trim I need to cut out the galley worktop It finally arrived yesterday It was supposed to have been Monday but I got a call on Saturday to say that it would not be delivered until Thursday B&Q screw up again.

Timber trim after first coat of varnish.

The main priority today was to cut a pattern for the galley worktop so that I can get the worktop cut to shape over the weekend the cut out for the sink will have to wait until I have the sink but the main aim is to get the lockers finished.

To finish up today I made a start on the starboard side of the saloon the forward locker is going to be for wine bottles etc I can't think why I had not started this priority job before. I managed to fit the base of the locker these always seem to take some time to fit as there never seems to be anything straight and square on a boat once the base was fitted I made a start on the front panel the aim is to face the panel with the same laminate and trim as the rest of the lockers. There will be a second part to the base with suitable holes to take the various bottles including the specially shaped one for the Gordon's Gin.

Base of the wine locker