slow progress

Last Sunday I did some sanding but there was nothing to see. Today I took the afternoon free and decided where the tubes for the toilet had to come and drilled the holes. I glued some pipes in the holes so that the hoses can pass through them. I also drilled the hole for the air vent for the holding tank. I didn't glue the pipe in place because I am not sure where I put the air filter. I routed the side table so the hinges are flat with the top. The most of the time you are busy with thinking how shall I put the things together and where shall I drill the holes. This weekend we put some antifouling on Thrill Seeker. Fetske did sand last Sunday the hole bottom and I am proud that she did this nasty job.

Glued the entrance rim inplace

In the morning we went to Thrill Seeker to clean the bottom of the hull and do some cosmetic work. Tomorrow we sand the bottom so that we can paint it next week. I will do also some little epoxy work and painting. I made some pictures of our gennaker pole because some people asked me how I have done this, in principle I do the same with our new boat only the rotating point is made in the hull.
On the end of the day we went to Thriller and demolded the rim and glued the entrance in place with a large fillet of epoxy with micro fibers, glass fibers and glass bubbles.

laminated the forward entrance rim

I started with gluing the wash bowl in place and made some plumping for the holding tank. In the afternoon we laminated the forward entrance rim with two layers carbon 0 / 90 and three layers UD. With the rest of the epoxy and microfiber, we made a little too much, we put the holding tank drain and the fill in place. I made also a filled along the edges of the top of the toilet bowl.

Mold for the front entrance rim

My friend Rob did come today to help me to make the mold for the front entrance rim, this rim will be made from four layers of UD carbon. This is to prevent that the front beam bulkhead buckles when the beams presses on it. While Rob was busy making the mold I struggled to get the toilet panel free from its rim. When I finally got it free I started with the wash bowl to get that one of its mold. The result is very good the breakline is hardly to see. We then decided where the holding pump had to come and the hole to the front cabin where it can drop down to the holding tank. I did also some work on the hinges for the side table, they are now ok on the kitchen side, the table still has to be done.

cutting the hole for the water bowl

Yesterday I had only the morning to do something so I demolded the glue edge for the water ballast tank and I put some packing tape on the glue edge for the toilet bowl so I can put some tape on it and glue it on the top. When it is dry I can take the bowl of it again. In the afternoon we went to a meeting of our multihull club and underway we did pick up a wasted pump so that we can decided how the hoses have to go. Today I cut the hole for the wash bowl, first I did cut the hole to close to the hull wall so I had to re cut and glue the hole. When the glue was dry I routed the top so the bowl is flush with the top. I also routed the kitchen top where the hinges have to come for the side table. I sanded the inside of the bowl so that I could give the bowl a final smooth finish inside. The bowl did also need a extra layer of carbon, I did this under vacuum again.

making the top panel for the wash bowl

I started in the morning with taping the topside of the toilet rim where the top of the toilet panel rest on. I do this so the toilet will be removeable and only hold in place with some screws. After that was done I started with the top panel for the wash bowl to decide how to make it. I than cut it out of a piece of foam and made it fit. In the afternoon I made some glue flanges for the water ballast tank from foam triangles, I glued them in place with PU glue. I then laminated the wash bowl panel to put in a vacuum back and taped the glue flanges for the water ballast tank.

hose connections

After work I decided to drill some holes for the hose from the holding tank to the valve. I did buy some connection piece this morning, the supplier Rosch marine is not far from my work. I did also buy a T connector, one side goes to the holding tank one side to the valve to the outside and the other one goes to the draining point on the top of the deck. Yesterday I demolded the wash bowl and it looks OK again only some little rough edges, but I fill this with epoxy later when I have cut away the edges.