Heads

The first priority this week was to get the various bits of teak cut out ready for varnishing so that I could finish the infill for the rail below the window this was cut from a piece of Shuda's cockpit bench grating which was fortunately just the right size it has now been screwed into place and the screw holes plugged ready for varnishing I also made the trim which fits down each side of the locker these are now at home being varnished. I made the teak plugs from odd off cuts from the old cockpit bench gratings using a plug cutter in the bench drill I secured them in place with a drop of varnish, as they are indoors, and then trimmed them off with a sharp chisel.

I have also installed and wired up the LED strip light  behind the rail over the locker eventually I intend to install a couple of reading lights at either end of the saloon on the starboard side.

Wine locker 

Teak plugs

Screw holes plugged

The new Lavac sea toilet arrived on Wednesday and so the rest of the week has been spent scraping the flaking paint from the wet locker ready for repainting and then securing the toilet and the pump in position so that I could measure up for the waste and water supply hoses. 

Toilet in position

Pump in position

New Morning was originally equipped with a Lavac toilet and all the photographs that I could find of the installations in Moody 33 mk1 indicate a pedestal was fitted under the toilet to raise it by, at a rough guess, about 50mm this seems to be missing but judging by the holes around the base of the toilet it was there originally I am not sure if this was a Moody part or a Lavac part it does not appear in the Lavac parts list hopefully I will be able to connect the waste hose and lead it through an existing opening in the internal moulding to the pump without it.