110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
Snow Lily | Monday, March 4, 2013
The throttle enclosure required some light sanding to finish up, after which I spray-applied several coats of epoxy-based primer over the course of the morning.
The owner selected dinghy davits for his dinghy storage, and with the new hardware now on hand after a variety of behind-the-scenes work over the past weeks, I went ahead with the installation. The davits featured deck bases and pulpit-mounted brackets to secure them. During an earlier stage of the ordering process, I'd already done the basic layout for the bases, but with the equipment on hand I set up the davits with their pulpit brackets to check and fine-tune as necessary the base installation and ensure that the davits were vertical and properly aligned with each other.
After marking the pulpit with some tape to aid in future alignment, I marked the base and fastener locations on the deck, then prepared the deck for through bolts in the usual way, excavating the areas around the holes to remove core and filling the voids with epoxy.
As part of the electric propulsion system, the owner ordered a small gasoline generator to provide charging capacity away from shore power. With the generator on hand, I moved forward with a storage shelf in the starboard cockpit locker. After some basic measurments and layout, I installed a support cleat on the nearby bulkhead with screws and epoxy for strength.
Next, I cut and fit a plywood shelf, securing it to the cleat with screws and more epoxy, before scribing a vertical plywood support for the after end, which I also secured with screws and epoxy fillets before installing 6" tabbing over the applicable joints to secure the arrangement to the hull, leaving it at this stage till the epoxy cured.
During the remainder of the day, I installed the final stage of the potable water system: the supply lines. I led hoses from each tank, equipping these lines with shutoff valves near the tank outlet, over to the utility space beneath the port settee, running the lines through cabinets and hidden spaces as required, where I eventually connected the three tank supplies through a small manifold. From the two manifold outlets I led supply hoses forward to the head sink and foot pump, and to the galley, completing the pump installations and all hose runs.
Total Time on This Job Today: 8.75 hours
