Morgan 43, Hull #65
"Kindred Spirit"
Layout - Design - Build
Fall / Winter 2006 - 2007
REVISED 5/8/2007
Haul-out time again. Must be time for another
project!
"I am NOT the first to do this project on a Morgan 43"
Alan
& “Mac” Margaret Mathison S/V
“Effie”
http://www.whereseffie.com/index_files/Page432.htm
completed this same project while cruising in Mexico
To see his complete project click on the web address
above.
"Effie" before and after pictures
**********************************************************************************
******************************************************************************
"Kindred Spirit" before and after pictures (not complete yet)
Click on any picture to enlarge
"Kindred Spirit" before
"Kindred Spirit" prototype after pictures
The above pic was made from the two below. Note that the prototype picture on the right is a Photoshop made photo. See
the plate on the red table?? That is the center of two pics placed together.
The plate should have been perfectly round! At the point of taking the
picture, I only had one chair. You just can't believe what you see anymore!
One obstacle that I have to overcome is the 50 gal fuel tank. "Effie" has her fuel tank under the salon floor and 'Kindred Spirit' has her fuel tank under the salon seat where I am mounting the chairs. Alan (Effie) was able to modify and use part of the chair base where I will not be able to do so.
Next process was to determine how far back the chair would tilt. Tilting the chair involves cutting away 4" of the shelves behind the chairs. The best way I could determine was to make a mock up salon seat in my basement and pretend I was on the boat. This allowed me to cut only the 4" of the shelf instead of the original 7" I was thinking about. The seats when slid back will slide into that 4" recess and actually give us more area around the salon floor as the old cushions stuck out 3" past where the new chair will be. To get the tilt I want, I have to slide the chair out 8" and tilt back till I hit the back cut out.
Rotating hardware was from Home Depot. Ball bearing lazy suzan that is 12" in diameter and only 1/4" high. That easily solved the problem of rotating the chair.
Before at the BOAT! Before at HOME!
Swivel for the seats.
Cutting up the BOAT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks Like it will work. No turning back now!
Supporting the swivel on a curved bottom of the seat was a challenge until I thought of Bondo. I place blobs of Bondo on the seat and pressed on the swivel. When the Bondo almost set up, I removed the swivel and I was left with the impression on the swivel base. I cleaned it up and screwed on the swivel and it is now supported all the way around the curved seat.
Seat one almost complete, it rotates, it tilts and it slides in and out. (Back of seat removed in the pic).
New seat bases fitted to the boat. Plenty of room to get to all the wiring and hoses under the seat.
Back home, remade the table with two large draws and solid teak draw fronts and teak veneer on the table sides.
Still have not determined what the table top will be made of.
Forward seat shown without its back. Got too hard to move around with the back attached. ready to be installed on the boat.
Made it to the boat!
Install new Formica on the shelves in back of the seats. Was a great time to do
it with all the moldings removed.
Old seat back patched and a teak veneer installed. (pic #1)
Installed the two draws. Note in the left pic, that there is a fake draw front
below the two draws.
This is to make it look like two separate areas. Talk to my interior designer!
Right pic shows the #2 chair installed. BEST seat in the house...BOAT!
Long time, not worked on project!
Completely rebuilt the galley over the winter. We do have our priorities!
Finished view of galley.
What a great galley for a 43 foot boat!
NOW BACK TO SALON SEATING PROJECT!
Made a Corian top for the table from a $15 EBay Corian purchase.
That is all that has been done since Nov. More soooon.
Long time, have not been able to update website!
So to catch up I will just show pictures.
Cabinet template pieces, will be made of teak.
Handrail pole will be 1" Stainless.
As you can see I got carried away and did more work than I had anticipated.
I think the extra work will pay off by the cabin looking and feeling bigger.
Chart Table seat and wall, Before and After
Teak frame for lower doors...Teak cabinet and frames installed.
Adjustable shelves added for more useful storage.
April 7th, 2007
Friday the 13th!!!!!!
Started to clean up the boat and brought down the second chair.
Bad day of sailing! Washed ashore in our boat yard during a NorEastern last week!
Doors behind chairs installed. The louvered doors still need mounting and staining.
Time to get boat in the water......shooting for May 6th.
May 1st, 2007
Project is COMPLETE (latest Photo at the bottom)
"Kindred Spirit" before and after pictures (NOW COMPLETE!!!!!!)