27 June 2012. This is an almost-fuzzy pic of the boom after I filled all the extraneous screwholes with aluminum screws and Loc-Tite and then broke them off and sanded them smooth. This is really the only way to fill holes in spars.
2 March 2012. Diana's poop tank, installed in the aftmost compartment under the vee berth. This is a standard 9-gallon tank with the fittings installed witn 5200, same as I have done on C44s in the past. It sits on a shelf of Starboard. The holes in the boat's bottom are for all the seacocks (except the galley sink drain) and the low bulkheads to the sides are meant to contain muck and water in the event of a leak. The doughnuts lying in the bins are the backing plates-- solid vinylester fiberglass, cut-out from the access holes in the sides of Cherubini CC20 cockpits-- about the very best thing you can use for a seacock backing plate. The wood along the aft edge of the opening is a new (epoxied) cleat to catch the lift-out panel. To each side can be seen the CPVC vent lines for the tank-- in taking Peggy Hall's advice I made the lines rigid to avoid droops which collect goop as the boat heels. They lead up to SS through-hulls in the hull just under the toerail. The more air in the tank, the better!
9 March 2012. Bilge of Diana (did you know Hunter 25s have a bilge?). These joists are all 5/4 mahogany, well-saturated in epoxy. None of them touch the actual bottom of the hull-- they are all spanned from side to side along the garboard. The forward one is doubled and supports the compression post. The middle one has cleats fore and aft, meant to support the table leg and the forward and after lift-out panels. The starboard side sole is installed-- this was just before I installed the other side. The piece atop the paint can that looks like 2/3 of a joist goes in the head compartment (top of pic). The awful yellow-brown stuff is spilled/dribbled/extra epoxy. The large patch at the aft end is a 'glass patch over old drainage holes. This will all be painted in Bilgekote.
November 2011. Aft end of cabin showing 'ladder' and cooler cubbyhole. The access hole in the bottom of the cubby is to faciliate the cooler drain-- the white PVC receptacle leads into the bilge. The outboard sections of sole are installed-- awaiting paint and nonskid. The center section is just a hunk of plywood-- this will be mahogany plywood, varnished, later.
27 June 2012. This is an almost-fuzzy pic of the boom after I filled all the extraneous screwholes with aluminum screws and Loc-Tite and then broke them off and sanded them smooth. This is really the only way to fill holes in spars.
15 September 2012. Here is the overhead locker above the quarter berth with the first of the trimmed lift-out panels installed. All of this has to come apart again for finish paint; this is just the first one I did. I have to have a system for getting all these bits of trim cut straight and installed square. Notice the finger hole is at the bottom. They're all like that-- because you lift it UP to tug the bottom edge out to remove it.
13 July 2012. Main deck of Diana showing installed hatch rails. The green tape is a dam to keep epoxy from dribbling down over the windows. Needless to say this was the most-sound section of deck; but it's all pretty strong now. Upon the foredeck is the coaming and base of the new foredeck hatch, built as we do for C44s. The red stuff is blood-- from crawling all over between the cover and the deck with the screwgun I somehow cut open my knee.
2 March 2012. Overhead panel, above the quarter berth. In the after (smaller) hole goes the VHF; above it go the horn switch, deck-outlet switch and cabin footlights switch. The bigger hole is the all-too-necessary wallets-and-sunglasses locker. In the opening outboard is the electrical panel; the drop-down door is removed for painting but the 115vac panel is there. I installed this bulkhead to divide the quarter berth from the settee; the vertical post is both to grab (thus precluding the need for overhead handrails) and to stiffen the end of the bulkhead.
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27 June 2012. This is an almost-fuzzy pic of the boom after I filled all the extraneous screwholes with aluminum screws and Loc-Tite and then broke them off and sanded them smooth. This is really the only way to fill holes in spars.

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