Strutting my stuff
It’s raining off and on today, and supposed to for the next couple. Guess I’ll go mop out and sanitize the bilge. Now that the bulk of the “livability” re-fit had been addressed (y’know, running water, flushing toilet, cooking stove, etc.), it’s time to wrap up loose ends. With all these half-done boat projects lately, […]
Refrigeration is a Wonderful Thing
I was starting to doubt I would ever see the day we had a working refrigerator…but that day is here (or so I thought). Rich worked on the electrical connections yesterday, and first thing this morning he coiled up the evaporator plate and stuck it in the freezer. That part went smoothly; getting it uncoiled […]
Flummoxed
We planned to tackle the holding tank this weekend. Our goals were pretty simple: install new discharge pipe, pour some holding tank treatment chemical and water into the tank, let it sit for a few days, pump out the tank. What did we accomplish? Not a lot.
Chugging Along
With the refrigerator almost finished, we decided to tackle the holding tank. We’ve really been dreading removing all the old plumbing (yuck!) In the picture above you can see the two black hoses that we cut off and holding tank just under them.
More refrigeration work…..
Back at the boat the other day, I got the FRP liner panels cut to size and installed in the box. I had to make paper patterns for the irregular shapes in the refer and freezer sections, but everything fit nice and tight with no significant air gaps.
Back behind the wheel…..
Spent last week finishing up the foam insulation in the fridge and freezer box and I’m ready to start glassing up the inside liner. What a pain that was, and as with every boat project, it took a bit longer than I anticipated.
I can see clearly now
Boat projects are sometimes like a game of ping-pong; back and forth, and occasionally spinning off in unpredictable directions. Last week I got a few more layers of pink styrofoam installed inside the refer box.
Sometimes she has her moments
Two inch extruded polystyrene sheet is pretty easy to cut as long as you limit yourself to straight, square angles, but, as I stated in my earlier post, this ice box has very few of those. Carving and shaping the acute angles to fit the curves of the hull with a sheetrock saw and rasp […]
Fridge Box Construction
We’re back down at the boat for another weekend of work. The clock is ticking ’til the condo lease expires in August and we move on full-time. I’m a little stressed to say the least.
Ice Box Demolition
Seems like I spend more time tearing things apart than I do putting them back together. Now that we dumped a bunch of money into a new refer system, no more excuses.