Galley fit out

This week has been spent working inside as the weather for the most part was forecast to be wet and windy I started be assembling the supports for the drawer by attaching a couple of wooden brackets to the forward bulkhead I had made both of them parallel but as is usual with this boat nothing is straight, flat, or level etc. Too get the first side to sit square I had to taper them both I guess that most boats are the same.

Drawer support brackets

Once the support brackets were in place I fitted the drawer runners to the two side pieces and then secured them in place, the aft piece is secured to the stiffener, that I had previously fitted to stiffen up the original moulding, by a corner block I probably could have glassed these two pieces to the underside of the galley moulding but there would not be a lot of room to work and in any case if I can avoid glass work overhead then I will. A further brace was fitted at the inboard end of the aft piece to stiffen up the assembly.

Both side pieces in place 

The drawer box was then slid into place it works very freely being on rollers it is probably a bit too free for a boat only time will tell.

Drawer box in place

I have also cut out the plywood for the two doors and the drawer front also a dummy drawer front to cover the opening in way of the sink and today I set them up so that I could position the holes for the catches aka finger breakers I believe.

Drawer front

Doors

These parts will be painted white with a varnished hockey stick moulding around the edge to cover the raw plywood, the catches came with a ring to fit in the finger hole to tidy things up. The completion of these parts and the manufacture of the doors for the heads locker and the aft cabin steering gear space  will be the next homework job, the plan is to make them all in the same manner.