| Circe
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 With some time in and around another job at the shop, I knocked a few small items off the punch list. The head door required a hook to hold it open--both when just the top section was opened, as I anticipated might be the default situation, and when both sections were opened together. Fortunately, this could be accomplished with a single hook, since the lower section would never be open without the top section. I installed the hook on the overhead and top corner of the door as required. |
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During cabin sole installation, I'd left a gap before the stove cabinet, so that the lower panel, which contained the water foot pumps, might be removed for the inevitable servicing and inspection in the future. This left a small strip of raw hull laminate visible; to minimize its appearance, and blend the area in with the black epoxy of the cabin sole, I masked off this area and painted it with some black paint. If I'd not highlighted it here, no one would ever be the wiser. |
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After some discussion, the decision was made to press forward with a teak cockpit grate. I wouldn't get started on the actual construction for a few days, till I wrapped up some other tasks and had a chance to obtain the necessary materials, but it seemed a good time to strike a paper template of the cockpit sole, the important first step of the process. I cut red rosin paper roughly to size (a bit smaller than the actual cockpit), and marked the lower edges of the cockpit sole radius on the paper using a 2" wide straightedge and compass set to 2" as necessary. I cut out around the access hatch so the paper would fit flat to the remaining sole for better accuracy, and also to help locate the hatch during grate construction, not only to provide the necessary clearance for the 1/4" tall hatch, but also since the grate would have to be built in two pieces to allow relatively easy access to the hatch and the mechanicals beneath. |
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I hadn't shown pictures of the completed and varnished tiller, so here it is. A package containing the stereo and satellite radio arrived, and I spent some time sorting through the parts and working out the beginnings of an installation plan. |
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