Sink/stove cabinet modification

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Jan 24, 2005
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I am about to do the "mother of all modifications" in the cabin of my 222. The sink/stove cabinet is getting real shabby from all those years of use. So, I removed the molded fiberglass sink/stove compartment from the cabinet. The plan is to buy a stainless steel RV sink and install it where the old sink was, and use a full size steam table pan 1.25" deep, pictured, for the alcohol stove to sit on. Both will fit into a counter top that I shall construct. The advantages are; I will have better surfaces that will be easy to keep clean, and I will gain a storage under the cook stove that I didn't have, for my pots and pans. I also may build some badly needed shelves near this area and if needed, I'll make some kind of a provision to ensure that the surrounding fabric is protected from the stove. I have all winter to do this project, so I'm taking my time. I may decide to replace the whole cabinet, as there are only two sides that make it up, and it's screwed to the bulkhead on one side, near the post. I set the steam table pan into the empty cabinet opening to illustrate what it will look like when finished.
 

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Jan 24, 2005
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Oday 222 Dighton, Ma.
Horizontal brace

Hi Chuck, I'm kind of a hack when it comes to doing any kind of finish work, but I'm going to try my best. That horizontal brace above the counter top is a piece of Teak that I installed years ago with some gussets on the back side to hold it. I needed a spot to hang my gimbaled kerosene lamp. I hung the smoke bell over the lamp on the wood above that. I'm not sure if I'll put the lamp back on it. Lamps stink up the cabin, give off soot, and the brass gets dirty after a while. I might build a shelf on it. Hey Chuck, you need to do some cooking on your boat! I really enjoy it, myself. I even enjoy doing the dishes on that boat. One year, my wife and I sailed to Newport RI to anchor in the harbor and listen to the Folk Festival. If you can picture hundreds of boats anchored around us. You could hardly see the performers on stage like Judy Collins, but the audio was great. Anyway, some of the people downwind of us asked us what we had cooking because it smelled so good, and we laughed and told them that we were cooking turkey. Of course, we couldn't cook the whole bird on there, but we had some wings and drum sticks in the oven. Another time, we laid over in Hadley's Harbor in the Elizabeth Islands of Buzzard's Bay, and we had two stove-top ovens going. One of them had a cake, and the other had baked stuffed Cod! A light rain was coming down, and we had the polytarp over the boom with the hatch open, watching the people visiting each other, in dinghies and kayaks, getting all wet and caring less about the rain. Great memories! Joe
 
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