1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

[eze2bme]

Sky, as I recall his exhausts are now through the sides of the hull in the engine room and not through the transom.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Sky, as I recall his exhausts are now through the sides of the hull in the engine room and not through the transom.

I think you are correct. I remember that now too.

 

[q240z]

Exactly. The aluminum tubes were rotten, and that was after only 15 years and 800hrs of use. They also took up lots of room in the aft cabin. So I opted for side exhaust. I'll use the holes that remain in the aft ER bulkhead as a wire and water line chase.

 

[q240z]

It's nice to be back into full stride on my Roamer project. Granted, since I can only work weekends and I waste two hours of every working day driving to and from the boatyard, full stride isn't as fast as I'd like. But still, progress is happening and parts that have been in the works for a while are finally coming together.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing Aft Stateroom Wall I

Cheers,
Q

 

[jim rosenthal]

Very nicely done! what do you use to fill the pocket screw holes? Do you put a wood plug in there and cut it off?

 

[q240z]

I noted in the article that, since they're almost completely out of sight, I haven't decided whether to just coat the pocket holes with epoxy to seal the grain or do something else. I could fill them with wood flour-thickened epoxy or, if I want to get fancy, buy some 3/8 dowel and make plugs. You can buy bags of them, but I haven't found any in mahogany. I could also buy a pocket hole plug cutter and make them from scrap pieces. There are lots of options...too many, in fact.

Great...now you've got me thinking about what to do. aarrgh!

 

[z28jimi]

How about a very thin strip of mahogany just tall enough to cover the pocket holes, glued and/or pin-nailed to the bottom of the panel. Sort of like a very thin baseboard.

 

[q240z]

I suppose that would work, too, though I'd probably still use epoxy to seal the grain in the pockets themselves.

 

[1966 Contagious]

Looks great! I think keeping anything that needs access later on that should be removable not to screw in permanent with nails & glue. We had that in the master head sink had to replace the faucet it was a bear of a job.

 

[q240z]

No doubt, maintenance access is something to keep in mind. But the work I'm doing now is all on the bulkheads and major walls. The washer and dryer closet opening is sized such that the equipment can come out if need be, but otherwise none of these should need removing until the next major refit 50 years from now.

 

[q240z]

Slowly but surely, the aft stateroom is coming together. And every new wall under the aft deck makes it that much more solid.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing Aft Stateroom Walls II

Cheers,
Q

 

[pizzazsdaddy]

Hi Q240z!

You are doing wonderful work. Over the Top! BOFFO! You are taking a wonderful American Made shell...and turning her into art...by making it better, without screwing it up. I truly admire your perseverance. (but please correct the esthetics of the aft deck doors).

In my humble opinion...Everything else is absolutely BRILLIANT!

 

[q240z]

Thanks, pizzazsdaddy!
But...what aft deck doors? I don't have any yet. Have you seen the future???

 

[jim rosenthal]

You're going to have to get another boat for your boating. This will be too nice to put in the water.

 

[q240z]

Thanks, Jim! But I plan to use the heck out of this one!

 

[q240z]

OK...it's official: winter 2015 is done, which means fall 2015 is coming and that's when I want to splash. So I got another wall installed and am working on the others.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing Aft Stateroom Walls III

Cheers,
Q

 

[jim rosenthal]

We're going to take up a collection for you, Quentin, and see if we can buy you a better looking head than that orange bucket you have there. We all kind of feel sorry for you and Mrs. Q and we think you can do better. PS the latest wall looks good, too.

 

[q240z]

Taking on a big refit like this, I may be stupid but I'm not primitive, Jim! We've walked a bare path in the grass from our boat to the yard toilet.

That said, I got the aft stateroom center-line wall installed. After all of the prep work getting the walls ready to install, it's great to see the plan come together. It's also good that the plywood stack is getting smaller, since it's been in the taking up lots of galley space for a couple of years. On the downside, the more walls that go up, the harder it is getting around and moving stuff from one place to another. Gotta be careful not to damage the installed panels...

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing Aft Stateroom Walls IV

Cheers,
Q

 

[34Hatt]

Are you doing all your walls then the spray foam ?

Looking Good.

Dan

 

[SKYCHENEY]

On the bus we built, I did foam first because it was easy to cut smooth that way with a saw blade. Then when I needed access to a support for a wall or for wiring, I just dug out the foam as needed.