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The small shelf above the chart table.
Took a couple pictures of the shelf. The first is the 'cleat' it rests on. It is more of a sill really. It is 20 1/4" and 2"high (5/8" thick) mohagany very much like the companion way is is next to. I countersunk 6 screws up from below to attach the shelf from the bottom.
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Beautiful formica countertop material... Now, what color is that????
You will notice in this view, I have elected to retain the original blue/green (?)formica countertop material.
After attempting to get the laminate to stick to it, and then taking great pains to clean it I decided it was not so bad after all. :)
The shelf is about right, might have been left an inch or so deeper, but not much more then that. The things that will stay there under way are pretty small any way, and one of the big pluses of removing the ice box is having the space open.
I left the part that wraps around the side intact. I have kept my parallel rule there, plus it strengthens the shelf considerably.
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More accessable storage space.
Another idea to gain access to storage space, is to open up the area under the companionway.
I asked if anyone had an extra cabinet door a while back, and Ebb sent me one from #338. (Thanks Ebb). :)
I measured it out and cut an opening. Of course you can already access half this space from the other door, but the sink drain limits the use of this. THen you can lift out the step, but mine was so tight, I rarely did so it was effectively lost.
It is lost no more. :cool:
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24" down low and on centerline.
#226 has a platform sitting approximately 6" aft of the bulkhead. It is large enough for two large deep cycle batteries. It is about where, (probably fwd of where) the A-4 would be. That gives about the depth of the counter....
.....something like 24" of free space behind that door. Of course there is as much space behind original door under the sink, but the darn sink drain makes that space hard to get at.
I did not post this because I had not painted the inside of the sole yet. I know, I know, but the standard here is so blasted high. :D Anyway, here it is. In all it's un-repaintedness. The basket seen inside is something like 8" x 12"
Oh yea, and the other foolishness you will notice in the picture is the mini bungee. That is a temp, till I can find some kind of latch to approximate the original function.
From the Long Lost Pearson Co. Archives
These tapes were found in an old moldy bin in a warehouse in RI, and may go a long way towards explaining the construction of the icebox...
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Voice #1 (Pearson pres.?): OK, so we're gonna put an icebox in these baby Tritons?
Voice #2 (Swedish sounding): Yes, I think it will add to the functionality and appeal of the boat I designed.
Voice #3 (Portugese sounding, slightly slurred): Bueno! We can keep our cold, um, drinks - yes, cold soft drinks in there while we work on ze boats!
V1: OK, iceboxes it is then. Were will they be located?
V2: Starboard corner of the cabin, up high, with a reach-through from the cockpit.
V1: Ah! Good idea! Lots of sailors will find that convienent!
V3: Bueno again! We can reach into the iceboxes for our soft drinks when working without having to go below!
V1: Um... How are we supposed to make them?
(phone ringing in background)
V2 has a muted phone conversation, mostly heard is something like "Ya......Ya...Okay then."
V2: I have to go, someone wants me to draw a 35 footer. Goodbye! (sound of door shutting moments later)
V1: OK, since he's gone, I'm making a judgement call on this. We need those iceboxes built strongly. Heavens knows that sailors will need uncontaminated beer if the Red Menace launches a nuclear strike.
V2: Si.
V1: OK, make them with 3" of insulation, so the drinks stay cold along time.
V2: Um, Senor, there is not room enough for that much insulation...
V1: OK then. Hmmm. Alright, do this - make them of plenty of wood, as much wood as you can fit into that space. Put just enough insulation so that we can legally say it is in there. Then, use lots and lots and lotsof flathead bronze screws to put the things together. Make it so hard to take apart that noone will ever know how little insulation is in there. Put screws, lots of them, in inaccesible spots. Countersink those, fill in the holes, and paint over those spots afterwards to hide the screw holes. Where screws are accessible, cover them with fiberglass or formica adhesive. Line the interior with enough glass that someone would have to chisel it out to get to the screwheads. And for every screw that you put in, I want *at least* 2 nails elsewhere to make it even harder to take apart. There will come a day when someone will discover the lack of insulation, and we don't want to get sued over that...
V2: (sound of a slight burp) Si, Senor...
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Yes, Craig, I took my icebox out today. :D Phew! Wasn't planned, I am getting ready to make Interior Cabinets Prototype #1, and I took off the door. Then I started on the formica on the face. Then I took off the upper trim. Then I...
3 hours later, all that's left is the vertical plywood by the steps. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that yet, though I may opt for the small shelf idea like you did.
Man, I'm glad that's over. I'm itchy.
The new icebox is going into the space below the old one. Can't think of any other good way to use that space, once I have cabinetry in the area forward of there.