The first project was the cooling water distribution box for the Ac's and Fridge. Rather than have 4 seperate holes through the hull I decided to make 1 1-1/2" dia. hole with 1 seacock and strainer that fed a distribution box which would have individual 3/4" Seaccoks for each device. To the right is a section view of the box that sits between the main and outer stringers Starboard side forward end of the engine room.
To the left is a layout of the distribution box showing the cooling water pumps all located in one small area, rather than spread all over the boat. I have shown one extra seacock for wash down pump and heads.
Here is the finished box and shelf . I glassed in a piece of the 3/4" thick PVC board around the perimeter of the box to secure the lid to. All the Seacocks and fill fitting from the strainer will mount on the lid. So they can all be removed to work on ro to clean the box out. I am thinking of making the lid clear so you can see if there is any growth in the box......
The pump shelf has to be removable so I can access the depth sounder transducer which is under it.
The piece you see at the lower end of the picture is the aft support of the table that will hold the generator up over the seacocks and waste water tank. It's complicated, but coming together nicely.
The next project was to add two double layers)1.5Oz. mat + 24Oz. Roving) to both main stringers going forward from the engine room bulkhead. This is where the waste treatment plant will live. I used Vinyl Ester resin here. It is much better at resisting water intrusion than Polyester resin is. I will be adding to coats of Epoxy water tank paint to the inside of the tanks, but just incase there is a leak.
I decided to make life easier and glass only one side of each stringer at a time. You have to stand inside the keel to work on this and it is not to most accommodating of spaces. So I glassed from the hull up the side of the stringer and across the top.
After glassing the keel side of the two main stringers I reinforced the connection on the other side of the main stringers and the inside of the outer stringers with 3 layers of 1708 Biax tape.
Then I built the top of the stringer up to the level of the underside of the cabin sole. Before they had beams running across the stringers. I want each of these sections to be sealed off, so I will have the decking laying right on top of the stringers.
Again I used the 3/4" thicl PVC board. That way it will never rot, even if I drive fasteners into it and th joint leaks.
So the final 4 layers of glass go on from the hull up side of the stringer across the top and down the other side to lap the new glass work on that side.
Now the glass work is almost 1/2" think a where the stringer meets the hull.
The hole in the hull you see in the center of the picture is where one of the many hidden seacocks was located. It was somewhere under the galley sole. It will soon be glassed up.
Now on to the Starboard side.....
