37C Galley construction - details needed!

[Jim Legere]

Hi folks,

I need some info - or better yet, pictures! - on how the galley cabinetry is constructed. I am tackling refinishing or replacing the cabin sole and it appears that the teak & holly ply in the galley area was installed before the galley. So I need to know how the various parts of the galley are put together so that I can do some non-destructive disassembly. I know ther are some good pictures of Lonesome Dove's interior being stripped in the archives, but I need more info on how the cabinetry with the drawers (to starboard of the engine) is put together. I need to remove those pieces as I seem to have water seeping into the cabin sole plywood just there, by the funny little triangle shaped piece in the corner. Thanks.

 

[Seattle Scott]

Jim the only time I had unexplained water on the sole

it had pooled in the corner of the galley at the bottom of the "slope". This happened when the boat was spashed after a haul out. Take everything out of the cockpit locker , including the low spot where I have my start battary, and see what is going on down there. I never investigated further though.

 

[Rovic]

Hi Jim, These are the best I have I hope that they help. If you need any more shots of a striped/ripped interior or larger images let me know.
Regards
Robert
SV Artemis

 

[guidera48]

Hi
I looked briefly at my galley last week since I am also replacing the sole. The sole is under the sink cabinet. It looks like thats the only thing on top of that piece of sole. So far, all cabinets I have removed are held to the floor with cleats (1 x1 mahogany strips. not teak, much darker)

I plan to remove the galley and lower it 2 cm in order to install new granite counter top. However I am about 30 days from there. It all started when I decided to do a hull repair on the bow while doing a hull paint job. I removed the anchor locker cabinet. Then I decided to replace that nasty wall fabric with a white liner with teak battens (like the endeavour's cabin) That led to gutting the head and replacing the nasty cracked sink with a new granite counter top with undermounted sink. That led to removing the cabinets in the main cabin and rebedding the chain plates, That led to removing the old looking electrical panel and having my local engraver make a new one complete with digital meters. And on, and on. Well you know the rest.
I have so far removed the sole from the forward cabin, head and port side. I have found teak plugs on the sole but no screw under the plug. I wonder if they are decorative only. My sole was attached with some sort of glue/caulk. You can see the lines on the fiberglass when it was applied with a caulk gun. I started on a corner and introduced long cedar wedges I made from leftover shingles I had from a repair. This pulled the panels in one piece and can use them as patterns. I have calculated 3 sheets of sole @ 175.00 each plus freightof 125.00 I am also rewiring and re plumbing with PEX.
I plan to seal the edges and underside of the sole in order to retard moisture and delamination. My sole is 30 years old and you can pull the veneer layer with your fingers.
I am working all day sat and sun on the boat. I had it moved to my place of business and parked it in my parking lot. It's a lot easier to work on it.

I will take a better look at the galley and see whats involved. I will take pictures. I just removed the electric stove last week and sold it on Ebay.

Sorry to ramble, but I am glad to know someone else is also sweating away on a H37c

 

[guidera48]

One more item

One more thing
Rainbow chaser has a galley refit article in his log. You can find it here

http://www.geocities.com/rainbow_chaser.geo/upgrades.html

His log has helped me with my projects.

 

[Jim Legere]

Thanks for the replies, guys...

Thanks Scott, Robert and Jose. Jose & Robert are both doing what I am trying to avoid - a wholesale interior refit. I had gathered that the cabin sole is more or less glued down to the fiberglass floorpan, so I am trying to refinish rather than replace the sole. Its mostly water-stained but salvagable. The section aft of the galley sink is badly delaminated tho, due to water seeping in from the starboard cockpit locker somehow. I would like to cure this problem but I have yet to discover the source of the water or the path it takes to get to the galley sole. Due to anchor chain & windlass up forward, my boat sits slightly bow-down at the mooring - I suspect this has something to do with the problem. Guess its time for me to get skinny and get down in the cockpit locker!

 

[Rovic]

Refit

Well Jose, you are certainly not alone. I'm in the end zone of a total interior refit which I started 18 months ago. This included starting at the bow and demolishing everything back to the Galley. I left the lower galley cabinets but removed the rest, nothing was put back in its original configuration. The sole; I'm just finishing a new one at present; I have managed with 2 sheets, although as I have extended the seating this enabled me reduce the width slightly and by using quarter round I was able to only use 1 sheet berth to berth, this left the other sheet for the forward cabin/galley/aft cabin. Once you take the cleats out of the lower galley cabinets and remove the sole it is possible to slide the replacement sole back under; it's quite flexible.

Robert Selfe
SV Artemis

 

[Rovic]

Hi Jim, the sole is only held down by silicon, they plugs are only decorative (at least on Artemis). Getting the galley section out will be difficult because of the angles. A place to check for water intrusion: the drain hole/hose from the cold box; this is supposed to drain into the bilge but may be getting redirected.

Robert Selfe
SV Artemis

 

[Ed Schenck]

Bob is right, check the icebox drain. Originally there was a hose directing the water under the sole into the bilge. That hose had long ago rotted or fell away on my H37C. Years ago I plugged that hole as it is also a reason for loss of cold air.

There was the time that I found my bilge hose had cracked right at the thru-hull. It is behind that little box in the galley cabinet behind the stove.