Summer is coming, not long before the old girl gets unwrapped.

Wahoo, decent weather is starting to arrive. So I took the opportunity to paint the liners.

Man I want to go sailing. Starting to feel the pressure to get that engine sorted out...

Oil Cooler (again)

We pulled the oil cooler apart again yesterday. The o-ring seals were perfect (yay, we didn't screw up) which means the water was getting in through the cores. So much for that repair! Will be throwing them back at the shop that "fixed" them to try again, and if that's no good then will have to consider replacing the whole unit with a new external cooler.

Let There Be LightI

I rather like the vintage 1950's light fittings on Kamalii, but unfortunately we were short a couple of shades so I was faced with having to install some different units in the master cabin. Instead I decided to spend a silly amount of money having new exact replicas of the shades manufactured.

All the coach-roof liners for the master cabin are cut, but the weather forecast for the next week or so is pretty crappy so I won't be getting them out to epoxy and paint any time soon. Plenty of other things to keep me entertained. I just want that bloody engine 100% sorted for summer!

Oil Cooler, How I Curse Ye...

And in case anyone is wondering, the main engine oil cooler has been completely removed again and I will rebuild it from scratch again off the boat in a workshop and have it pressure tested before I re-fit it. And if it does not seal this time I will seriously consider ditching it for a modern after-market external unit not designed by a complete moron.

Aft Cabin

Continuing the theme of moving aft, now that the heads are more or less done I have started on the master cabin. First up, new coach-roof liners. Half of the liners were missing, and what was there was a bit random, so I have junked the lot and started again.

Test fitting new liner panels.

Now I have to epoxy saturate everything before painting. Then strip and re-varnish all the teak battens. Might as well varnish and repaint the whole cabin while I'm at it...

Middle Finger Gesture

Had a wee mishap while cutting up plywood for head-liners outside in the wind. The wind caught a piece of ply I was holding...now I get to wear this for 4-6 weeks.

Port Side Head Completed (Almost)

When not doing my head in trying to sort out the engine oil cooler I have been working on the port side head.

The shower required a much more aggressive prep than the starboard side head, but it has come up well.

All done now, bar some trim pieces I will have to make up. I still can't believe they painted that teak grey...

There is a massive space behind the outboard side of the shower where all the Vacuflush pumps are for the heads, so I'm going to try and come up with a way of creating usable storage space while still being able to easily remove everything to get to the pumps.

Hey, Europe!

Did you hear the scream...?