Using a Shop Smith Mark V on a Chris Craft Roamer refit

[rpd]

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

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Q

Fixed the link.

[roamer46]

Dang it! Thanks for fixing the link.

60 degrees last weekend, then it snowed on Friday...old man winter's got a serious G.I. Joe kung fu grip on this year. But it was warm in the boat once I fired up the kero bazooka heater, and I got the African mahogany molding made that I'll use on the butt joint between panels for one of the aft stateroom walls. This is the kind of progress I like!

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Making Molding

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Q

[roamer46]

More wall installation.

I know...this is getting tedious. :laugh:

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

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Q

[JPG]

But still interesting none the less!!

[roamer46]

Thanks!
It's such a small section of wall but, having never done anything like this before, installing it took a whole day!

[roamer46]

I got the last of the walls finally installed, and almost had a major disaster along the way. What's the point in having the best laid plans if you forget about 'em on game day???

Ah well...it all worked out fine in the end.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing The Last Aft Stateroom Walls

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Q

[roamer46]

I wrote a follow-up article about the insulation I'll be using. That might sound like another random topic jump, but there's actually a method to the madness.

The short-term plan is to keep working toward splashing the boat this fall and bringing it to my home port. I could get a lot of things done in the two hours I waste every time I commute to and from the Roamer. It was too cold over the winter to even think about handling the engines and finishing up their install. Instead, I've been focusing on getting major structural work done, like installing the aft stateroom walls. I'm also working on sealing up the exterior, which will include installing the bow hatch and windlass on the foredeck. I also need to install the portholes in the V-berth and aft stateroom. But before I can install the windows, I have to install the interior wall panels around all of the porthole openings. And before I install those interior panels, I need to get spray foam insulation on the hull and underside of the decks, and then I'm putting polyester nonwoven fabric insulation on the back-side of every wooden interior panel. So...

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Insulation follow-up

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Q

[roamer46]

From the aft stateroom to the foredeck...

I need to get the boat weatherproof ASAP if I'm going to launch later this year. The bow hatch needs to be installed to close up a big hole forward. But you know how these things turn out. It's never easy.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing the Bow Hatch…or not

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Q

[beeg]

Hope ya make your SPLASH DOWN date. Do you have to have it certified by the Coast Guard before it gets wet?

[roamer46]

Thanks! I'm keeping the splash date flexible, but hopefully it will happen this year.

No, the USCG doesn't inspect pleasure craft. They focus on vessels used for commercial purposes, like water taxis, tour boats, cruise ships, cargo vessels and the like.