Happy Thanksgiving, my fellow Americans!
I’m knocking out the aft stateroom closet/storage one space at a time. With the air conditioning shelf installed in the middle closet, it’s time to get ducting in place.
The aft stateroom AC unit will go in here
The ducting will need to go aft and also forward. The AC unit is oversized for the aft stateroom because I planned to duct some of its output into the salon.
Essential tools: new 6″ hole saw and a cordless angle drill
Start the cut from one side
For smoother edges, finish the cut from the other side
First hole from the AC closet to the laundry closet is cut
Second hole goes from the laundry closet into the salon cabinetry
Move the salon cabinet box out of the way
Finish the second hole cut from the salon side
4″ insulated ducting is a tight fit to the 6″ hole
Insulated ducting fits nicely behind the laundry closet back wall
The duct will attach to a hole I’ll cut in the salon wall…later
Winter has officially arrived
In other news, I’ve been back in contact with the Boatamalan* painter, who tells me he may be moving before too long. I’d like him to finish spraying the ICA top coat in the salon and V-berth before he goes, but there’s a funny order of operations for that.
* portmanteau indicating highly skilled boat workers of Central American origin. He’s actually from Honduras, but boat + [Guat]amalan has a nicer ring to it. 
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The Boatamalan used to work at Weaver Boatworks, manufacturer of very expensive, custom sportfishermen. They use ICA clear coat on those boats and Whisper Wall material for the headliners. Once the cabinetry and electrical is done on Weaver boats, they do the ICA base coats first, then install the headliner, and lastly they spray the ICA top coat. They do it that way because Whisper Wall uses a track around the perimeter to hold the material in place, and the spatula they use to drive the material into the track can scratch the finish. Experience informs their order of operations, and I have to trust the experts.
So, I need to shift gears and get the electrical work up in the ceiling done. I’m using 12v LED lighting throughout the boat, and I’d rather be working with energized circuits than using an ohmmeter to make sure everything is working right. So I’ll be hooking up the battery cables and energizing the 12vdc breaker panel. Then I’ll get to installing the new LED lights and some of the OEM lights as well. This should be exciting. The 12v panel hasn’t had power to it since the boat went on the hard back in the mid-1980s! But first, since I’m digging into the electrical again, I’m going to finish some of the AC electrical work I started a month or so ago.
Next up in our 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Wrapping Up the AC Circuit Panels
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