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  1. #1221

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    HA! Could be, but the missus has all sorts of house projects in mind. Turns out lots of tools and machines I've acquired to do this project can be used for home uses, too! Mahogany kitchen cabinets, for example.

    It's been almost six years in the making, but I finally started wrapping up reassembling my portholes. I'm using a bunch of different approaches than the OEM did, mostly with materials that weren't available in 1969. There's also the matter of the level of care in assembly. A mass production OEM supplier isn't likely to apply Tef-Gel to every machine screw before installing it. I also used Slick Strips to protect the paint where the latch dogs clamp the window frame closed. And those silicone gaskets I'm making turn out really nice. Fully assembled, they're much better than the OEM. One down, eleven more to go!

    1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Porthole Upgrade Success!

    Cheers
    Q



    Done

  2. #1222

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    Looks great when the headliner is done that's going to make a huge difference and the light at the end is going to be much brighter

    I need to post my project this winter I too am spending it in a Bubble

    Dan
    Dan
    End Of The Line II
    1967 34C

    EOTL II Rebuild Web Page

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  3. #1223

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    Nice work. If you're going to be OCD, you might as well use it to make your boat beautiful, right?

  4. #1224

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    Thanks guys! The headliner installer is coming out this weekend to assess things. I'm guessing I'll have at least some headliner installed by May.

    Jim, I think OCD gets a bad rap sometimes. Being careful so you never have to do a miserable job ever again...how's that a bad thing?

  5. #1225

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    It is not a bad thing, not to mention the safety it adds.

  6. #1226

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    Agreed.

    I got the short panels installed between the frames in the aft stateroom. That's good timing since the Whisper Wall installer is coming out this weekend to assess the situation and let me know when he wants to start.

    Booya.

    1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Aft Stateroom Headliner Prep IV

    Cheers,
    Q


  7. #1227

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    I got the ceiling corner pieces installed at the transom. Now there's a continuous surface for the Whisper Wall headliner track to mount to around most of the aft stateroom. It's not terribly exciting but it's progress. And just in time, too. The headliner installer showed up over the weekend to check things out. He pointed out a couple of places I need to finish up but said he's ready to start anytime.

    1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Aft Stateroom Headliner Prep V

    Cheers
    Q




  8. #1228

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    He should be a happy man with this perfect canvas to work on..... (Pun intended....)
    1978 53' Motor Yacht "LADY KAY V"
    Hull number 524
    Chesapeake Bay

  9. #1229

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    He's happy when the check clears. Everything else is noise. lol

    For a change of scenery, I left the aft stateroom alone for a bit and started prepping the salon ceiling for the headliner tracks. I've mentioned before a few times that I think something heavy was dropped on the cabintop back when the boat was repowered in the 1972...and I believe that something was one of the original engines. Turns out that incident threw a bunch of the salon ceiling frames out of alignment. So I had to make filler pieces that will allow the perimeter headliner track to align with the tracks that will attach to the ceiling framing. I think it turned out OK, and since I glued and screwed it all together, it's more robust now than it was just having the frames screwed together.

    1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Salon Headliner Prep

    Cheers,
    Q

    Seriously out of alignment


    Everything nicely aligned and ready for headliner track

  10. #1230

    Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

    The headliner will butt up against finished walls and fascia panels all around each room on the boat, so I need to get all the fascias installed. Unfortunately, one of the original mahogany boards at the entryway to the salon was cracked badly. It snapped in half when we removed it. I thought about gluing it back together, but it had some chunks missing from previous abuse. Instead, I used the old board as a pattern and made a new one. It turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself!

    1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Salon Entryway Panel

    Cheers
    Q

    The old, busted board.


    The new board next to the old.

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