[Public-List] Top loading ice box

[Gordon Laco]

Thanks; see you there. 

By the way, if anyone is going to the Toronto Int'l Boat Show, I'll be there on my Epifanes yacht coatings booth

Gord #426 Surprise

On 2012-01-09, at 1:22 PM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:

> 
> My best guess would be UFFI; texture, colour, and construction era all
> seem about right for that. There was about an inch of the stuff in
> between the layers of fibreglass. The top of the icebox was uninsulated.
> 
> Next week? I've got it in my calendar as the 21st, which would be the
> week after next.. (but yes, planning on going)
> 
> Cheers,
> Kris
> 
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 12:49:10PM -0500, Gordon Laco wrote:
>> Hi Kris - 
>> 
>> What did you find Whitby Boatworks had used as insulation when she was
>> built?
>> 
>> Gord #426
>> 
>> PS will I see you at the Great Lakes Alberg Assoc dinner next week?
>> 
>> 
>> On 09/01/12 12:42 PM, "Kris Coward" <kris at melon.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Yep, but I was remodelling the entire galley, so I was able to be a
>>> touch more brutal with screws that had rusted in place and were much
>>> happier to shear off than unscrew, etc. I still saved almost all of the
>>> original material for reuse, but there were definitely some nasty bits.
>>> 
>>> I don't remember there having been any screws holding the counter in
>>> place which were screwed into the plywood before the laminate was glued
>>> on (but that was around 5-6 years ago now), so it should just be a
>>> matter of drilling out the plugs over the screws in the teak trim,
>>> unscrewing the screws that'll come out (you might need a robertson
>>> screwdriver for them), grinding the rest down to whatever it's screwed
>>> into, and lifting the countertop out. My recollection is that all the
>>> screws are either screwed in at the forward end of the port cockpit
>>> locker, or through the grab rail at the forward edge of the counter (and
>>> that little corner where it jogs back to the companionway). YMMV.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kris
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 11:55:13AM -0500, Mike Lehman wrote:
>>>> Has anyone ever removed the counter top on the top loading ice box on the
>>>> liner style boats. I am considering this project to insulate the ice box and
>>>> I am looking for advice from someone that has done this job in the past.
>>>> 
>>>> Mike Lehman
>>>> ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~
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