Aft cabin

Back to the aft cabin this week I completed the scraping of the loose paint ready for the lining carpet and then followed up with attention to a couple of the toe rail bolts one of them required a nut something I had missed when I put the deck fittings back one other bolt required a new nut I had originally used a brass one but I had found some more stainless UNC nuts when looking for something else once this was done I had a good clean up on the starboard side before glueing the lining carpet in place.

Lining carpet attached

That is about as far as I can go on the starboard side for the time being I need some more plywood for the shelves to go in the locker I temporarily replaced the front panel so that I can measure for the shelves.

Starboard side aft cabin

To finish up this week I spent some time on the wet locker in the heads I had made the front panel some time ago but it needs to be finished off and painted I temporarily screwed it in place so that I could complete the top of the panel, the plan is to install another concealed LED strip light in a similar fashion to that over the wash basin. I intend to paint the inside of the wet locker rather than use lining carpet in view of the wet oilskins.

Wet locker

I went up to the Boat Show yesterday It seems to get smaller by the year also it is only on for four days I was looking for some ideas for the fridge I still have not made up my mind how I am going to go about this part of the project either a self contained front opening cabinet or build a top loader with a separate compressor unit they both have their pros and cons the front opening unit is easier to access you don't have to empty it out to get at the stuff at the bottom but every time that you open it the cold air drops out building a top loader will take up much more time but price wise there won't be a lot in it which ever way I decide to go I still have a bit of time to make up my mind.