So since we haven't even slept aboad yet...
The interior is currently completely empty. I have been spending a bit of time designing a reasonable interior fit out.
We have already bought:
- Aeromesh for the double bed - this allows a mattress to "breath".
- A Synmat double - this is a high end inflatable mattress.
- Some 40mm eggshell foam to further improve the mattress feel.
- A double all cotton sleeping bag with separate cotton liner.
- Two 100W semi-flexible solar panels.
- A 30 Amp MPPT Solar Controller.
- A CFF45 Dometic fridge.
- A 12V Road CHEF Oven (I was VERY skeptical about this but it works - I'll devote a post to it soon).
- A better power switchboard to replace the two switches the boat came with.
- A 100AH LiFePO4 battery (A lithium battery).
- A Voltage regulator for the outboard motor alternator.
- Hull liner material.
- Four stainless steel folding brackets intended for two flip up tables.
- Two 1 meter long 8cm high cushions to make one of the "coffin" beds usable.
- A 12V pump and faucet - 4 litres per minute so pretty slow but usable.
- A selection of silicone compressible pots.
- A single burner Origo Ethanol (alcohol) stove.
- Six mini curtain tracks and 4 meters of dark blue curtain material with blackout lining.
- A 60 x 90cm aluminium table for the cockpit.
...and various other stuff.
I'll be posting more information on all of these as I fit them.
Today I finally got started on the "doing" bit and fitted hull liner to the port side upper hull section.
This will stop stuff in the yet-to-be-fitted shelves rubbing on the inner side of the hull.
The hull liner is from Whitworths and is held on with 3M 76 Hi-tack Spray Adhesive. I used this adhesive on the Vogue (car) boot and bonnet insulation with great success. It's rated for prolonged exposure to temperatures up to 71 degrees C.
Before
After
The piece of timber being held by one of our cockpit chairs is one of four vertical supports that will be the basis for the table supports. There will be two 500mm wide flip up tables. I had to glue this one in first so I could get a straight line from the first to the fourth support. Getting these vertical in both planes plus a flat plane to mount the brackets on is a challenge.
Hopefully I'll put the other three in tomorrow.
Laurel has also made up two daggerboard bags from windcheater fabric. You can see them under our chairs in the port coffin bed. This makes stowing the daggerboards for road travel a lot less stressful.
I'll probably floor the front half of the coffin bed like I already did the starboard side to make them fit better - but it works well enough as is.
