On The List the task called Aft of Bulkhead Paint Project is more that just applying primer and paint. The area is inside the boat behind the engine compartment. It also includes the lazarette and quarter birth. All of it is under the cockpit.
Now is the time to do this work since the engine plumbing (fuel, water, exhaust) control cables, and electrical systems are removed for the new engine installation. It has been messy, time consuming but I’m almost ready to paint. The highlights include:
Stiffened the cockpit floor and seats using fiberglass laminated marine plywood doublers.
Installed a longitudinal member between the engine bulkhead and the prop shaft support bulkhead to match the one on the quarter birth. This makes the area structurally more symmetric and better supports the battery shelf.
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| Taken from quater birth. A) Muffler Shelf. B) House Battery Shelf. C) Longitudinal Structural Member |
Installed a battery shelf for the house battery and a new shelf to support the wet muffler.
Installed a 2nd battery shelf under the quarter birth for the starting battery.
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| Starting Battery Shelf In Quater Birth . Marks are Location for Battery Tray. |
Filled on all the old openings for engine panel and throttle/transmission control.
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| Filled in Holes for Panel and Throttle Lever. Primed and Ready for Paint. |
It is beyond my vocabulary to tell you how proud Dad would be to see your work.
ReplyDeleteI think Dad would have enjoyed messing about on boats. Many a retiree spends their day at the marina messing about in and on their boats; enjoying their dreams and the social interaction with dreamers. I know he loved salmon fishing off the Oregon coast and I would have loved to take him sailing.
Delete“there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
"Simply messing about in boats or with boats. In or out of 'em it doesn't matter. Nothing seems to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do"
- From Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
I am again amazed at your handy-man skills, sailboat-wise. It seems you've done another fantastic job at repairing/fixing-up Something Else.
ReplyDeleteAs a boat owner and "skipper" you've had to learn a whole new language. I see that reflected in your blog postings, to include this one..."lazarette and quarter birth"; "marine plywood doublers"; "wet muffler"?? All of it is "Greek" to a landlubber!
Thanks for modifying your blog's "homepage" to make it easier to get a "feed" for all the comments people make to you. Having one single feed for all comments, rather than having to do a feed posting-by-posting, is much simpler.
Thanks Russ! Some of the work turns out well and sometimes it doesn’t and I have to do it over. I finished painting the area only to realize I needed to epoxy something else. I have to repaint a few areas then I can tackle other tasks.
DeleteThe learning curve on a sailboat is pretty steep. Maybe I should post a list of sailing/boating vocabulary. Many of the items will be in future posts. The wet muffler will be examined when I post about the Engine Exhaust Project from “The Something Else to do List”
I’ve been reading Under Sail by Felix Riesenberg a story about a sailing cargo ship in 1897. The terminology is vexing.
I’m new to the whole blogging experience so do let me know what other handy gadgets are available or other ways to improve the Something Else experience.