Monday, September 14, 2009

Galley Configuration

The galley will be located mid ship to port, forward of the port side settee just as before Ike damage. The Force 10 3 burner plus oven stove will be replaced by a 2 burner Wallas diesel cook top with heater blower attachment. This heater/ stove top will be fueled directly from the main diesel tank. The pick-up line has been installed in the new fuel tank.  Wallas assures me that diesel odor will not be an issue. The electronic burn control system provides a clean burn and the direct vent system will intake air and exhaust gases through the same line within a line running from galley aft to the port quarter exiting the hull 12 in below main deck level.

The larger house battery capacity and improved battery charge rates will allow usage of a small 700 watt counter top microwave as well as an electric griddle/grill both of which will be stowed away in drawers below the counter top and out of sight. In leiu of the oven which I rarely used we will have two good size drawers below the cook top.


Install built in hand pump thermos for serving hot drinks. All counter surfaces, port bookshelf, head cover, reefer/nav station and over engine room, will be of Honduras mahogany. Beyond that the galley area will be redesigned by removing the small cabinet to the south of the main bulkheads and installing the Climma AC louver opening. The small liquor cabinet may have to become even smaller by virtue of the new dual compression post design.

The new refer is a Technautics Cool blue system with air cooled compressor, electronic controls and cold plate. The compressor will be mounted in the forward cabin just north of the main bulkhead inside starboard lower cabinets. The new refrigerator and freezer will be a 5.5 cu ft box with 1/3 freezer compartment and 2/3 refrigerator. The box itself will be home built but the lid will be bought from one of the two companies recommended by Chuck at Oakland show.

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