Door completed
Bulkhead painted
The next task was to attach the door and then fit and adjust the latch.
Door complete
I spent some time carrying out further investigation into the heater installation, I spoke to Planar's British branch re the length of duct required to heat all spaces throughout the boat bearing in mind the 5 metre limit on duct length. The person that I spoke to seemed to think that there will not be a problem he was apparently well acquainted with the Moody 33. I then went through and measured the duct work required for the installation of the heater in the steering gear space, this would require approximately 10 metres of 90mm flexible duct in all to get right through to the forward cabin. This was well in excess of the stated 5 metre maximum length so I started to look at plan 'B' which is to install the heater in the void space at the aft end of the quarter berth, after carefully measuring I found that only 7.5 metres of flexible duct will be required which is a considerable saving in length as well as saving some money. My only concern is that the heater exhaust will exit through the side of the boat and I have heard of cases of melted fenders or fender lines hence the original plan to install the heater aft and exhaust through the transom. I will probably go with plan 'B' I will just need to be careful when placing fenders and rafting up.
I finished up the week by starting to make cable duct through the quarter berth to cover up the cables that run through it, it should also cover a bit of a gap between the aft bulkhead and the cockpit side it will be nothing more than some plywood covered in the lining carpet to match the existing lining.
Cable to be enclosed note the gap between bulkhead and cockpit side
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