Day 107, 9/9/23 Interior work, 8 hours

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 Interior

Trim work around the  interior.

have a problem to mount "corner trim on the bottom on the cabin top to deck connections due to i have no corner trim pieces and they are pretty expensive (like $40 per 5') 

However i have ton of teak planks 3/4" to 1/4", so i can use two pieces. Actually it will be easier to follow corner shape with two planks than solid corner.

Place where they are.


 

To add planks (blocks) on the back side of the cabin top internal wall skin to be able to screw trim piece from the bottom. Idea to put screws is to make ceiling plate detachable to be able to have access to bottom side of the deck. 

Here the diagram how trim will be installed.


 So, I made shaped planks and glued then to plywood  skin from the back side.

 Just bottom side installed


 

 All around ceiling planks installed including "arcs" holding 3mm Sintra panels (pretty hard but light expanded PVC). When banded in one direction they are pretty strong to keep form in another.

"arcs" are  1-1/4' x 3/8' inch teak planks. Perimeter trim was reused from the original wood.

 


 

Close view  to ceiling - wall joint. All trim holding ceiling is mounted on screws to be detachable for access.
Front cabin (2 photos)

Head ceiling (in progress)

I have found original piece of trim (on the left wall)   

Part of ceiling covering mast wiring is not installed yet.

Shelves on port side, all trim glued on place.


Lake Tra

Lake still shrinking :(

Bonus

And gust evening marina  picture










Comments

  1. CaptkaiSeptember 20, 2023 at 12:50 PM

    Looking amazing! Keep up the hard work, I just finished my exterior gettimg ready to dive into a project like this on my 84 31 citation

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2023 at 2:03 PM

    Good luck! Hope you have fixed deck water drains and stanchions mounts. I am not sure about your boat, but these things was made by factory with a very poorly quality on my one .

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