Bath screens

So today was bath day.  Andy says they were a pain in the butt to install but they are up!  They have 180 degree hinges so lock in three positions.  In their current position (obviously) then either one panel open across the corridor and the other against the sink cupboard for use as a bath or both across the bath out of the way.  Not that they are in the way where they are I have discovered but you never know when you want to pass through the bathroom with a large object!

To support the fixed panels there are corner braces that come off the top of the panels.  However because the sides of the boat come in (tumblehome) the panel people have put a notch in the top of the glass panel on that side.  Neat huh?

Dinette day five

View down the boat towards the dinette.  Spoiled slightly by the pile of wood etc that Andy has tidied onto it for me to remove tomorrow.  I know that anything on there he no longer has a use for!  The table as you can see is stored neatly by the side.  On Monday we are discussing the best way of stopping it from falling over.  I think a nice wooden swing thing under the nub will do the job and not look unsightly.

Looks like only room for one Captains Chair in the saloon.  I guess not a problem if predominantly I am going to be alone on board and I find the camping chairs quite comfortable anyway if himself takes over the bosses seat!  I need to get a wiggle on and workout my cushion requirements for the dinette I suppose.

Nightboy came last night and did some more to the solar panel wiring and installed the TV aerial point but not the satellite point as he knew I didn't have a satellite dish yet!

Apart from tidying up Andy has been doing some of the little jobs that needed doing.  Such as my little shelf for the galley fire extinguisher which will languish unseen in the daytime behind the porthole shutter.

Dinette day four

This is what I call my 'nubbin' as in small and underdeveloped coffee table   Room for two cups on top and  a book can slide under out of the way as well.

 

This in turn acts as a support for the main table which slips just under the gunwale for extra bracing.

The legs fold away 'comme ca' and there will be a small third leg going across to support one corner (top right in picture) for when it is supporting the bed end.  The top left corner in the picture will be supported by the little shelf running along the side of the boat that also supports the pull out section.  See previous post.

The sticky out legs at this end then support the extra piece to extend the tablelength to the desired 3'9" width of bed.

For hinges on the legs we have used kitchen cabinet ones that normally hold the door shut at 90 degrees and now hold the legs open at 90 degrees instead.

Dinette day three

I can't show you the final touches to the dinette seat itself as it is covered over to protect it a little from the fact the room is once again a workshop.  So instead here is a picture of the Ash being glued together to make up the table.  It is in approximately the right place!

So that was last night.  Today Andy is working away at making supports, legs, and storage clips for something that of course has to work in three locations.  a) as a table, b) as the bed base end and c) against the wall out of the way!

On a different note I got fed up waiting for the job to be done properly so small boy and I 'finished' the front garden.  I still need some more stones as the fabric is showing through.  But it is DONE.

Dearly beloved might wince a lot at the fact that all his lovely neat joints on the wooden separators are now all higgledy piggledy but he had his chance.

Interestingly (or not) the lovely dark purple slate when it dries out goes very pale (you can see the bits that have started to dry out) so it isn't going to be as stark a contrast to the limestone chippings as I had hoped.  Hey ho.

Dinette day two

Here we have a seat

Then we (close the door - you have to imagine that bit) and pull out the side.

Then pull the front out.

The gap at the bottom of the bed will be made up of the table top and an insert extension.

And there you have a small double of 3'9" width or large single across the boat for occasional guests.

Last night we successfully passed the cables for the solar panels through the roof.  Unfortunately John had only drilled the holes big enough for the guide wires initially so he had to make the holes bigger before we could start and the battery on his drill was flat.  So in between brief charges he wired in the Mikuni, the loo, and I left him at nine thirty fitting the shower pump switch and hopefully the tv/sat aerial sockets inside the tv cabinet.  This leaves the outside aerial sockets, actually connecting the solar panels to the batteries and fitting the 5 cabin lights.  Getting there.

When we ran the Mikuni it stopped fairly quickly because a) diesel too low or b) as I discovered by pulling out the mattress that the pressure was gone.  Can't do anything about that right now as the bedroom is full of my shower panels so can't take the bed frame out from under the tug deck to access the refill the system point!  Hmmm this could get tiring on a regular basis.  Good job I have a working stove as alternative heating source.

The start of the dinette

Doesn't look much does it but we are incorporating a twoway slideout affair which requires a lot of thought to ensure we can slide things in two directions without requiring steps up to the seat and oxygen!

Today also involved putting the steps and shelves back in position after I had spent the weekend oiling them and also fitting the rest of the skirting boards etc.

No longer incognito!

Sticky back plastic rules!

Andy and I got to spin the boat around the marina twice.  He was in charge of the bows rope needless to say at the beginning when I asked him to untie the rope at the front it was for a while unattached to either boat or pontoon.  Luckily there was no wind today so the boat behaved itself and stayed up close and personal.  Not like the last time someone did that.  She had to throw the rope quickly to those still on the front and run back and jump on the back before it was too late. 

Despite not going very far on either 'spin' I think he enjoyed himself

I bared my solar panels to the fresh air.  Still not attached to the batteries I presume it won't do them any harm to be working and going nowhere?

This morning was lay the floor in the 'workshop' time.  The workshop moved temporarily onto the pontoon for the duration.  Roll on Monday that is the start of dinette time.  In the meantime over the long weekend I will be once again oiling everything new that needs it.