Beginning to feel like home

I have noticed lately that if I move from a fixed spot in the boat, I can feel where the parts of the interior used to be. Muscle memory from clambering and clawing through the cabin in sloppy seas. It’s nice to have old spots back, and I’ll have to learn where the new hand holds are.

It has been a busy month again, constructing the interior, and then disassembling, removing and painting all pieces all sides 2 coats, tops 3. An then a re install. Much of the interior is roughed in. No systems have been run, though conduit has been.

Our Dickinson Caribbean Stove and Newport heater have arrived. It is nearly time to install them. The galley cabinet needs more paint and the maple countertop ( currently one rough board) Stove at bulkhead, and then moving aft, sink and the refrigeration.

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2 Responses to Beginning to feel like home

  1. Cory Petrie's avatar Cory Petrie says:

    Hello Tim, what was your procedure for gluing insulation board to hull..
    boat is looking amazing, nice work..
    cory

    • ahoytim's avatar Tim says:

      Thanks a lot Cory, I undercut each of the polystyrene panels by approx 1/2-3/4 inch and then used the low expansion polyurethane spray foam (Sika brand)to seal the insulation and bond to the frames. Nothing bonds the face of the insulation to the hull plating. The spray foam was only available as a cartridge for the reusable foam guns used by contractors. I was able to find a dispensing gun for under $40.
      I was going to have the entire interior spray foamed (jobbed out) but being an older boat I would like to have access to the hull plating should I need to repair. This allows me to slit the spray foam border with a knife and remove a panel if need be.

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