Cable locker, no2 battery etc.

Last weekend I sorted through the bag of hardwood trim that came with the boat I found a couple of pieces which would cover the joint between the two sections of the locker panels for the forward cabin, they are of a similar width to those for the aft cabin, however the screw holes are a bit irregular so to be environmentally friendly I have drilled out and plugged the existing screw holes using the offcuts left after cutting the timber to length I am not sure if this is recycling or upcycling either way it saves money. Also since I had decided it was time to fit a second battery I made up  a short piece of 25mm2 cable to form the link between the two negative battery terminals.

Original screw holes

Also in the above photograph is the chain locker door before I added the edge trim.

First thing Monday I gave the deck a good scrub down to get rid of the accumulation of last winters dirt I then finished up the day by cutting to length  some more of the trim pieces for the forward cabin.

I didn't find the time to fit the edge trim to the chain locker door over the weekend so this was the first task on Wednesday morning, once this was complete I was able to trial fit the door. I finished up the day by applying the first coat of varnish to the edge trim.

Chain locker door

First thing this morning I put a second coat of varnish on the chain locker door edge trim and put it on one side to dry. The second battery had arrived on Wednesday so the next job was to get it on board and down into the battery locker and connecting it up, it is secured with a ratchet strap as per the no1 battery, a bit more recycling as these ratchet straps came with the boat and were used for securing the tarpaulins covering the boat just a matter of shortening the webbing. 

No2 battery in place and connected

Once the varnish was touch dry I carefully fitted the chain locker door, it just requires the latch to be fitted before the job is complete.