The galley is looking really good these days. All the trim has been completed and stained. The corner trim took a few tries, but the end result is perfection.
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| Corner by stove |
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| Outside corner of refrigerator |
The slats along the hull behind the stove were cut and mounted and stained. The wood came in 3 5' long pieces (all teak) but teak has many different shades. So we ended up with a very interesting pattern of varying teak tones and really like it.
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| Teak slats behind the stove |
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So the galley looks beautiful and ready for some home-cooked meals. This picture is with it all cleaned up before the rails are stained. But you can get an idea of how much work was put into it. We'll post side-by-side pictures (before and after) once the cabin is completely cleaned.
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| Galley before trim is stained |
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| Galley view from companionway |
The galley wasn't the only project this week. We also installed a fresh water pump and a hot water heater on a new shelf.
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| Fresh water pump (upper left corner) |
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| Hot water heater on new shelf |
And we replaced the cracked swage fitting for the inner forestay. We wanted to try to keep the quick-release fitting on the forestay, but to get a replacement piece was prohibitively expensive (as was a whole new quick-release fitting). So we went with the standard turnbuckle approach.
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| Old fitting (with quick release) and new fitting in place |
Also, the length of the backstay was adjusted by cutting off about 1 1/2". And, Mike worked on the shelving over the nav station, securing the mount for the (fuel and water) gauges and staining and securing the shelf for the electronics. Hey, it looks like it belongs and was always there! (He does such good work.) After we mount the SSB, all the wires will be cleaned up and out of the way.
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