Hey it's a FREE marina so we continue to stay here and do projects. We have one cabinet designated as the project locker and it's full of parts already bought for the future installations. Several years ago we purchased new deck fill fittings for fuel, water and waste. The original ones were very nice and heavy brass but alas the caps were bad and we were unable to find the correct ones so we bought new ones to be installed at a later date. Now prior to finishing painting the decks this was the time.
Now things in a boat are not always the easiest to get to. To access the hoses for these deck fills first I had to empty the cookie cabinet.
Once empty the shelf and back paneling was also removed.
On inspection we found a dead unwelcomed guest.
This shows the hidden part of the locker with hoses, electrical wires and the "knee" brace with one of the chainplates bolted to it, that is part of what holds the mast up. Back in 2003 we replaced all the chainplates and had done extensive repair as the old wood which was encapsillated in the firberglass had gotten wet and rotten. All looks good now, except for some cleaning. You can see that one of the fills is no longer used and now we'll remove it and fill in the hole.
I don't think these had been removed since the boat was built in 1979 and most of the screws broke off and had to then be drilled out.
What a mess!
The unused hole has been filled with a wood plug and then fiberglassed over.
Here is the end result. These are both water fills. The outer side got the same treatment for a fuel and water fill and our other two fuel fills got changed out to. Now we can move along with the deck painting.
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