Galley refit

The boat was as original, but in fair condition.....the trouble was I wanted a new boat but couldn't afford one! So out with the old and in with the new style!








It was all very tired and water stained, hot and cold pumped water to come!


I wanted LED lighting throughout, so getting rid of the old fashioned striplight would leave a hole in the cupboard surround, so that had to come out. The brief was also a cooler for the cool-box (you can't call it a fridge, but the cooler works well, more of that later)

The oven although used was in vgc, and I am determined to have my Christmas Turkey in there!!













While I was in there the formica work-tops were tired, and needed a lift, so some "granite" formica was fitted on all the horizontal surfaces. The wires are for the cooler controller and the central heating (hadn't I mentioned that yet?)

 The same technique as the electrical panel was used to make new surrounds. I didn't like the original plate "rack" so decided a cupboard would do well there also.

Making and fitting a new vinyl cover for the rear cabin was a bind, I take my hats off to the original builders for the job they did! (If you remember this panel had a large piece of wood on it with the harness clip bolted through it.)

Looking good, just the replacement cooler cover to do, and lighting and fridge and replacement gas hoses/pipes etc etc......

                                                                           Tad Dah!! 

Oh yes, the cooler. I used a couple of Peltier cooler blocks clamped to the aluminium plate in the cooler box with a computer mini-fan to move the cooled air about. On the other side is a computer liquid heat sink with antifreeze mix circulating the heated coolant to another heat sink bonded to the inside of the hull with an aluminised resin to conduct the heat.

This is a hatch I cut in the bulkhead behind the coolbox. You can see the heatsink and the pump (again a computer unit, very low current consumption) The two Peltier blocks are set up so you can have one or two running controlled by an electronic thermostat, they are very current hungry, about 4 amps each so need to be used with battery state in mind.