It has been a while

Well it has been a while since the last post on the 8th November so I better catch up on things.

Not much been happening with the boat over the past couple of months, what with the cold, Christmas parties, Christmas and getting that really horrible cold that has been going round I have only ventured to the boat on odd occasions to do bits and bobs. So here is a round up of what has been done.

Electrics
This actually got done in one of the weeks I had off in November after the last post but never got recorded. You may remember previous posts about should I or shouldn't I do a rewire of the 12v system to move the distribution panel from the middle of the boat (in the saloon) to the stern of the boat in the kitchen. Well I decided it should be done otherwise I would always be thinking "what if?".

So the re-wire was put in place. All the existing cabling was taken out from the roof cable run, the distribution panel was disconnected and then new cables (thicker) were run in from the new location to the drop off points down the boat.

The first picture (to the right) is of all the cables in the new location for the distribution panel before they are terminated and yes they were all labeled up!

The one of the left is of the distribution panel in its new location with all those cables terminated. The panel will be taken off the piece of wood it is on when I box in the electrics and tank, but it can hang off the wall for the time being.

The new cable runs now look something like this (right).
As probably anybody would have guessed the job took a lot long than first planned, mainly because of the effort in pulling cables through conduit but I am glad I did the job as moving the distribution panel gives room for the chimney of a stove later on.

Curtain Poles
The other job that has been completed is that of putting curtain poles up on all windows down the length of the boat other than in the kitchen. This may seem an odd job to have completed but it has been done for two reasons. One so that in the bedroom I can have some privacy when I (hopefully soon) stay over and two so that I can hang temporary curtains down the length of the boat to keep some heat in, when there is some. Thanks must go out to my mum for her expert curtain making abilities even for the temporary curtains.

Stern Fender
And last but not least the stern fenders that I bought a while ago have been fitted which now keeps the boat from being held directly against the pontoon.
They took a while to get the chains right so they hold in place correctly, but I think they are about right now and are looking good.