Varnishing

Over the weekend I gave various bits of timber trim three coats of varnish which was duly fitted on Monday morning. The handrail in the photograph is fitted at the back of the galley below the saloon window.

Results of weekends varnishing

Engine panel trim complete

Galley lower locker trim complete

Heads locker trim complete

Next on the list was to fit the led strip lights along the starboard side of the saloon behind the timber rail which runs underneath the window again these are white/red night vision type and are controlled from the switch on the panel and the two gang light switch above the engine panel the third luminaire will be above the wine locker and as with the port side is white only this will be fitted once the locker is completed. I am not quite sure how well the concealed lighting will work on this side as this will, unlike the port side which has the white locker front panels which give good reflectance levels, initially be an open storage area lined with grey carpet not the best material for good reflectance.

Wiring still to be tidied

Some time has been spent this week giving some serious thought to the remainder of the fit out in the heads I have decided to use foam backed vinyl for the head lining in this area particularly as I intend to install a shower as part of the fit out. I took the old ply head lining panels over to the boat today to check the fit and as expected they required some trimming as the forward and aft bulkheads had been lined with white laminate this is 4mm thick so 8mm was removed. The old panels are in poor condition so I have decided to replace them with some new ones cut from 4mm waterproof ply.

The boat was I believe originally equipped with a Lavac marine toilet which was long gone when I bought her I have decided to replace it with another Lavac toilet which will save cutting additional holes in the internal moulding for the hoses and mounting bolts etc. The pump is mounted in the wet locker outboard of the toilet and as the original pump was still on board I have used it to check the position of the hole in the wet locker bulkhead for the operating handle.

Wet locker

The above photograph shows the wet locker bulkhead with the toilet pump operating handle in place the two holes will be joined together to form a slot for the handle. The four large holes are the corners of the opening in the bulkhead the rest needs to be cut out with the jigsaw. I was hoping to have enough of the white laminate left to cover this bulkhead but unfortunately I have run out and I have not been able to track down any more at the moment so it may just be covered in foam backed vinyl. The plan next week is to finish the wine locker and saloon lighting then hopefully if the new toilet arrives I can get on with fitting it.