[C38] Head

[S Orton]

Good job Steve!  Something to think about- the upper aft portion of cabinet interferes with a person putting their head directly over the sink.  One of my future projects is to recess that aft cabinet portion outboard to allow more headroom, which would also allow more options for lighting.
You mentioned in an earlier thread about plugging through hulls to obtain that additional fractional knot.  What we did when we had the bottom peeled and vinylester applied was to:
1. Plug the head sink drain through hull and run the drain aft and tee it into the galley sink drain.  It works well, but the sink can still overflow on a starb'd beat.  So it didn't solve that problem- I still have to closed the galley drain cock.
2. Plug the macerator drain and tee it into the head "direct overb'd" with appropriate valving.  This works great- I never understood why you would have two large overboards, side by side, when a tee would work for the same dirty water.
The biggest benefit from the above rework was the vinylester bottom- the boat definitely float higher!  I didn't go into the peeling operation for that reason though, I wanted get rid of the blisters.  My boat was like small pox all over and this kept me from sanding the hull at the bi-annual haul outs. 
Thank you for the pictures, as it gives me insight of what I'm up against in reworking the head cabinet.
Cheers, Steve O 
Santa Susanna (304)
 



Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 19:18:48 -0700
From: SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com
To: listserve at catalina38.org
Subject: [C38] Head



Here are the pics after taking out the counter top intersting find in the process.   looking at the sink in the upper left corner of the counter top is where the water pools you can see in the pic a cut out that lead straight to the the salon bulkhead,  any water that accumulates from a shower, the sink or the head sweating runs right down the back of the bulkhead and under the forward cushion.   I always thought my chain plate was leaking and sealed and resealed numerous times.  Took the counter top out of the boat and with it went the musty boat smell, next time on the boat no smell.   The counter was wet in the same upper left corner and some mold.  sprayed with mold killer will paint and reinstall,  thinking that I will run a piece of teak trim along the counter top and the bulkhead sealing it to capture any water on the laminate counter top and in the far upper left corner cut in a flush to the counter top through hull type fitting so any water accumulation can drain into the bilge.   Other idea was to do the same trim detail but install laminate directly over the gelcoat cabinet, make a spacer for the chainplate mount and not worry about wood any longer.   Thoughts or comments please
 
Max, the last pic is of the bulge in deck you asked about earlier.   
 
Steve
#312 Peregrine 
Seattle
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