Galley moulding with trim added
The two storage boxes in the above photograph are part of a plan to have lift out storage in the locker so that it can be easily removed to allow access to various bits of plumbing, seacock etc the idea is to build in a wooden rack to hold the boxes.
The other achievement was to remove the temporary wiring for the solar panel and do a proper permanent installation one of those jobs that I have been putting off because the temporary wiring despite being untidy worked OK.
Temporary solar panel wiring
I purchased a double side entry cable gland which I fitted under the spray hood and then led the cables under the saloon head lining and then down through the engine space and into the battery locker before reconnecting them to the charge controller.
New cable gland
Just to finish the job I will secure the exposed cables with a couple of cable clips, at least I can now shut the companionway hatch without having to trap the cables between the hatch and the top washboard.
I have also managed to make some progress with the current homework job which is to make doors for the remaining lockers and the front panel for the galley draw, the plywood proved to be somewhat prone to splintering on the edges when cut and the faces also had some rough patches all of which I had filled with some lightweight epoxy filler namely West's epoxy thickened with West's 407. I have sanded all the filler so that I am ready to finish painting the doors but at the moment the current cold weather has put a stop to that. Also I have been experimenting with the edging for the doors I could only obtain the 'hockey stick' section in softwood locally so I have been trying to dye the wood to a colour which when varnished will match the timber trim for the finger holes in the doors, watch this apace.
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