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| 2019-7-11 template for under cockpit area, former engine mount bed. |
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| 2019-7-11 rough cut under cockpit floor. 3/4 inch birch plywood salvaged off-cut. |
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| 2019-7-12 dry fit |
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| 2019-7-16 bolt holes at former engine mount bolt locations, and kerf cut at engine mount bracket up sweep. Below 80's F (27 C) before 9:00 AM so time for penetrating epoxy in the shade, temperature rising to mid 90's F (mid 30's C) by noon so no more work today. Temperatures next 5 days low to high 90's F (32 to 37 C) |
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| 2019-7-20 Template for electric panel. 90 F (32 C) at the Tinicum Fire House this morning going to a high today of 100 F (38 C) |
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| 2019-7-25 switch panel and battery tester |
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| 2019-7-28 panel in progress |
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| 2019-8-11 battery floor coated with penetrating epoxy and tabbed in place. |
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| 2019-8-17 electric panel blank tabbed in place. |
2020-10-17 resumed work on panel and battery box, added more tabbing, next will be floatation foam fill and epoxy and mat base.
2020-10-18 floatation foam fill to void under battery box
2020-10-19 fiberglass mat cut for battery box floor
2020-10-19 fiberglass mat cut for floor of under ladder area
2021-08-14
2020-10-14 battery box and under ladder area fiberglass set in epoxy.
2020-10-25 rustoleum topside paint to electric panel and under ladder area
2020-10-25 rustoleum topside paint to battery box
2020-11-6 New electric panel, AC side connected, DC side next.
2021-06-22 DC wiring in-progress
2021-07-11 DC wiring/rewiring
Depth sounder rewired
Navigation lights rewiring/replacement in progress
To do:
Cabin lights
Lazzarete blower
Power sockets.
Working on my back in the 90's F with 80% RH minimum is not fun.
2021-07-12
90% of late 60's era wiring removed/replaced. This was non-polarized "bell" wire, the LED navigation lights, cabin lights and USB charge ports require polarized power. "Bell" wire may be used, after-all it worked for more than 50 years but it is a 50/50 guess for LED lights.
2021-07-16
The stern light wire, "non-polarized bell wire" will just have to stay in place. It will not come loose inside the stern pulpit and I cannot get a new wire in without removing the existing. The existing wire has electrical continuity but the base of the existing stern light is not salvageable, so a new LED stern light has been ordered. This little problem took me three days of lying on my back in 90 F plus temperatures and 80% plus RH before I finally realized replacement was the optimal choice.
2021-08-09
New stern light and mounting plate. Double block of PVC trim with hole to accomodate wire connection. The stern pulpit rail is too small to fit the connection to the existing wire.
New stern light installed
September 2022
The battery which was struggling to hold a charge in June but recovered for July and August finally died in September. Replacement will be two AGM batteries.
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