I’m happy with the way the starboard salon bilge vent duct is turning out. A fiberglass duct is a far better approach than the pressboard and painted mahogany that Chris Craft used. It only took another weekend to wrap that up. But I’d rather spend time now to do it right than to have to fix water damage in the future.
The panels are dry-fitted
Next, I need mahogany cleats for the insulated ceiling panel to butt up against.
The ceiling cleats will be perpendicular to the cabinet wall
Fitting upright panels over the engine room main vent
The ceiling panel
Not a bad fit
Good and tight
Disassemble everything, then seal the faces with epoxy
Next day, cleats get glued and screwed in place
I wet out the surfaces then apply a bead of epoxy thickened with wood flour as the glue.
Insulated wall panel is installed
I’m using Sikaflex 291 LOT to seal the duct face panel.
Lots of sealant all the way up to the vent hole
The face panel comes up from the engine room
The panel is too long to be slid in from the salon. But there’s plenty of room coming up from the ER.
Lookin’ good!
Fully sealed and waterproof vent duct
Upright panels over the main ER vent are installed and ready for more ceiling cleats
That’s one more bilge duct that’s wrapped up. There’s one more in the salon, and four in the aft stateroom. I’ve just got to keep knocking them out one-by-one.
Next up in our 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing the Starboard Engine Room Main Vent panel
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