New spray hood

This week has been a day short so I didn't get to Conyer until Wednesday morning James from Channel Sail and Canvass arrived to fit the new spray hood.

New spray hood

James was recommended to me by a friend and he has certainly made a first class job of the new spray hood. While the spray hood was being fitted I got on with finishing the headlining on the starboard side of the saloon the forward plywood panel required some final fitting before I glued on the lining carpet and screwed it into place.

Saloon starboard side headlining

There is a bit of difference in most of the photographs for this post as my camera gave up the ghost and I had to resort to my phone I think that it was because I had put the old battery in and it would appear to be totally dead.

Last weekend I made a start on the edging for the various locker doors and drawer front panels that I am working on now that both sides have been painted.

Locker doors and drawer front panels

Fitting edging to dummy draw front panel

Today I made a start on lining the forward bulkhead of the aft cabin by going over it with a scraper to remove any old glue, loose paint etc. This was followed by cutting out the lining carpet I had to do it in two pieces as the bulkhead is too wide to do it in one, the carpet comes in 2 metre wide rolls and the bulkhead is about 2650mm wide. The next job was to glue the two pieces in place, doing it in two pieces was a much easier proposition even if the carpet had been wide enough.

Aft cabin bulkhead lining

The overhead panels have only been temporarily replaced as I will need to remove them again when I remove the two cabin side panels to replace the doors and fit some new shelves.