Following on from last week's post, I finished fitting the 12V panel in it's new location, as well as installing one of the twin gas alarms in the same area.
Next up on the list this week, the SSB install. Slightly painful, but we got almost everything fitted in a day and a half, with just the backstay antenna and connection to the tuner to go. This will mean we can send basic emails and check weather from effectively anywhere (anchorage or whilst underway). That and I'm looking forward to tuning into Radio Antarctica to see what they're all getting up to.....
The galley then needed some attention so we built the new location for the 12V freezer before wiring it up, along with the other gas alarm and the cooker. The shelf for the freezer still needs a bit of work but it's fundamentally in and can't come flying out. Perfect.
So that's about it for this week - doesn't seem like much, but sure kept us busy for a couple of days. This weekend coming we'll be moving the Mikuni diesel heater to the engine bay (a lot quieter down there) as well as building the frames for the aft deck seating. I'm pretty confident we now have the aft helm all planned out as well so we'll make a dent in that at the same time. With winter coming I want to try and get 99% of the external work done as it'll be 6 long months 'til it's nice to work outside again, and by then we'll be just a month or so off departing.
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