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 […]

Yowza!

I finished cleaning the bilge yesterday.  Today, I hurt.  My forearms ache from gripping the scrub brush; my back is sore from bending over all day and I accidentally tried to stand up while still under the salon table (not something I recommend anyone try); and my shoulders hurt from holding the palm sander.  Was […]

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.  

Getting Down to Business

Boat projects the past couple weekends included finishing sanding the cabinets and painting the cabinets.  I only had the front half of the boat to sand so I hung a tarp, opened a hatch and some ports, donned my dust mask and dove in.  What a dusty mess!