Day 119, 1/1/24 Happy new year! 8 hours

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 New year, New official :) pictures.



Galley

Drawer under cockpit settee (starboard)
Irwin boat has strange hard to use cavity accessed from galley located under cockpit settee.
It is strange, because has any barrier to prevent stuff from rolling out of there right to stove surface.
Original design:

Who has IC34 Know this place.
So I made made a drawer there to be able to keep stuff  from rolling out and also to be able to keep it in order. 

It appeared pretty big size. ~20"x16"

 

 Due to no straight walls around to put rails to keep it on place I had to invent some way.

So, I put drawer on roller blades wheels and they just run over countertop. To prevent side movent I put  stainless full extending rails.

Here is other challenge, I need to extend drawer about 1.5 length of it to have good access to it. 

So, I connected two rails together to keep it on straight path and prevent from sliding side by side


Electrical

Nav table Electrical panel, Water tanks and fuel tank level indicators. Small (2.5" thermal printer), just in case if I want to print some "ticket". Over-desk light can be dimmed from brightness level good for surgery to level "hard to see anything".


Black water tank level indicator installed in the place where it will be better to check before use.

Interior

Continue my hard work to refresh interior gelcoat surfaces. I am sanding surface with 120, 320,600 grid sandpaper. then will polish it with compound and wax it.
 
Good news gelcoat layer is thick enough to be sanded to clean.
 
Today was galley and nav desk area.
 
Sanded the engine compartment door to refinish it.

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