More Progress

Another good day today. Bob installed our Furuno GPS 33 and worked on more wiring. Tanya, my sister and I installed the refrigeration keel cooler and compressor. Also filled a few more holes in the hull. It’s nice to see things going in rather than coming out!

Furuno GPS in the lower right corner of the panel:

A few shots of the fridge compressor:

Fresh water filtration:

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A Little Before and After

Below deck wiring and plumbing was a mess. Here are a couple of before and after pictures:

After:

Also connected the hot and cold plumbing to all the faucets:

Riveting stuff! More later!

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And More…

Another good day, lots of progress. One by one we are knocking the projects down off the list. Got lots of wiring done today. Bob wired the lighting panel. We ran the port side fan circuit today and installed two fans in our berth. We also knocked out the fresh water tank plumbing, flushed the water tanks, and mounted the water manifold.

Installed two new fans to keep the air flowing in our berth (bedroom):

Knocked out the fresh water plumbing today:

All new water hose properly labeled:

All cleaned up and properly routed:

Tanya heating up the brand new water hose making it easier to install on the manifold:

Yes, this is what I signed on for, I love this…big smile:

She does great work! Fresh water manifold that routes water from our three tanks:

Cleaned up some wiring below the floor:

Exciting stuff eh? More later!

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Progress

We’re making progress every day! Bob has been wiring everything, panels, lights, windlass, refrigeration, instruments, and alot of things I’m sure I’ve missed. We ran the wiring for the fans to the v berth and saloon, starboard side, we’ll get the port side tomorrow. We also wired the LED locker lights and they work great. Ran wires for the stereo. We are working on wiring and plumbing below the floor (total mess). We ran the hose for the water heater and we’re running new water hose from the tanks to the distribution manifold and pump (which goes out to the faucets). Bob built a full length shelf above our nav station. We are removing the old wood around the cockpit coaming. The fridge and freezer boxes are finally finished. We will finish the compressor installation once the wiring and plumbing is finished below deck. And Sis is closing up all the holes in the hull with West System Epoxy, THANKS!! Thanks to all for the help!

 We are building a bronze raw water manifold that will supply the engine, generator and head (toilet) with water while allowing us to close up several holes in the hull:

The windlass finally came back after several weeks, rebuilt and re-chromed. Still in the box waiting to be installed:

Bob starting the windlass wiring:

Bob building our nav station shelf:

Pulling all the wood from the cockpit coaming. We have some beautiful African Mahogany that will replace this worn out wood:

Wiring and plumbing below deck was a total mess. I can’t wait to do the before and after pics on this mess:

Yeah, working in on wiring in the bilge:

The fridge and freezer boxes are finally finished. This was beginning to feel like a rash that would not go away. Hard work persevered, job done, rash gone. Okay, still have to do the counter top but that is the counter top:

 

Freezer:

Nice. Done.

Lids, finished:

Done Done:

Lots more to come!

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More…

More progress. Tanya has finished the electrical panel and most of the insulation. The refrigeration is moving along, as always. And Bob has installed the new battery switch and wired the wind generator controls, among other things.

Tanya installing the electrical panels, color monitor and inverter/charger remote into the new wood panel. We also used window bolts, on the top left and right corners, to hold the panel in place rather than screws, much easier:

Perfect, and room for expansion:

Tanya finished insulating the V berth and the main cabin:

Fridge work continues… Conduit run from the freezer to the galley to connect the compressor and evaporator plate. Had to cut through seven inches of insulation and epoxy in the pvc conduit:

Evaporator plate is in the freezer, it’s not pretty but it’s in:

Holes cut for the spill over fan and the return:

12 volt fan installed for the fridge:

Then we installed the lids from www.rparts.com and plywood:

We’ll cut out plywood inserts for the lids and cover everything with formica:

Bob has mounted and wired in the new battery switch:

He also wired up the wind generator controls, great job!

…stay tuned, more later!

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