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REFURBISHING THE GALLEY |
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The galley area of this boat was in horrible condition. It needs to have the head refurbished - new floors, porta-potti, mahogony walls, etc.... It needs the carpet on the walls removed and the walls ground down and painted white...... The front windows are going to be removed completely and glassed over...... All wood trim is going to be removed and refinished..... Plus a few other things. Here are some updates. |
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When I bought the boat I saw a small crack in the floor area of the head. I did not explore it until recently. I found that the crack was from the starboard engine stringer protruding through the floor. It appears that the galley structure settled a few inches and the weight of the galley casued the floor to crack. The floor was made of the same balsa cored laminate as the rest of the boat. There was some water damage to the balsa and I decided to cut out the entire floor to replace it. Here is a pic of the head with the floor removed. The other open area was where the fridge was once located. It did not work so I removed it and have planned a large storage area. I plan to relaminate the exposed area of stringer here with Epoxy. The wood seems dry but Penn Yan did a horrible job of laminating this area. |
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Here is an inside shot of the port side of the galley. The galley had been covered with a disgusting gray carpet. Small parts of that carpet are still attached in this pic. One of the first thing I did when I bought this boat was remove the carpet. I found the entire galley was also covered with a tacky carpet glue. I have planned to paint the entire interior with white paint instead of recarpet it. So....that means I have to remove ALL the carpet glue. NOT AN EASY TASK. Chemicals won't do it without ruining the fiberglass or causing other problems. That leaves GRINDING. I have ground off several square feet in this pic. Once that is done, I plan to cover the entire galley with one layer of fiberglass cloth. I also plan to use some biaxial glass with Epoxy to strengthen the area where the side window frames are located. The fiberglass here is rather thin. The front windows are going to be REMOVED and completely glassed over. More on that later. |
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Above the stove and in the head were two small cabinets. Part of the wood was teak but other parts were plywood covered with a white formica type material - YUCK. I am having my father refinish these and also replace the plywood with new teak wood. They should look great later. The walls of the head are also made of the same formica plywood. I am replacing these walls with Mahogony veneered plywood. This will look AWESOME when done. I may also add some teak or mahogony trim around the side windows and a few other areas. |
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More to come.......... |
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