Project Log: Friday, February 14, 2014
I had an old 6" bronze binnacle compass that I'd
purchased a long time ago, and the pilothouse was ready
for it now. I made various attempts to shine up
the bronze binnacle, including house-made polishes,
commercial metal polish, and other things, but nothing
touched the antiqued, darkened bronze. In the end,
I didn't mind, and it was probably just as well to have
it left the way it was.
I installed the binnacle on the centerline of the
pilothouse dashboard, on a semi-circular platform I'd
included for this purpose. I t just made me feel
good to install it, and also got it out of the way down
in the shop, where it'd been lurking forever. I'd
hook up the light sometime later. |
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Now that the tank fill recesses were in place, I could
complete the plumbing to the tanks. Much earlier,
I'd already run a length of fill hose and vent hose to
the center (aft) fuel tank, leaving the unattached end
of the hoses loose in the port utility space in the
meantime. So I started with that, then prepared
new lengths of the appropriate style hose to connect the
port fuel tank fill and vent, plus the port water tank
fill and vent. |
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Then, I repeated the process on the starboard side. |
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During the early stages of the project, I'd rebedded the
caprails, and before reinstallation I cleaned up the
boards and applied several coats of varnish. After
installation, I bunged the screw holes, but other than
chiseling away most of the excess bungs I'd otherwise
left the rails untouched since. Before I could
continue the varnish work, I had to sand smooth the
remaining bungs and traces of epoxy from around them; I
followed this with an overall sanding to prepare for
varnish, and masked off the caprails where needed.
At the end of the day, I applied a coat of varnish to
the caprails. |
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Finally, I had time for more varnish on the running
light boards. |
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Total Time Today: 4.5 hours
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