Introduction

The Shangri-La was built in 1960 by the Roamer Steel Boat Division of the Chris-Craft Corporation in Holland, Michigan. But the years have been hard on the Shangri-La and it's time to completely rebuild and refurbish the ol' girl. So starting in August 2008, the Shangri-La will be hauled from the water, as we do each year, and we will start a complete renovation.

We expect this renovation project to be completed over a course of 3 to 5 years during the spring and summer months costing $20,000 to $30,000. Items in RED have been completed.

Phase 1: Rebuild cabin sides and fronts with cutouts for aluminum framed windows with tinted tempered glass with sliders in the 4 cabin corners; remove vinyl canvas covering cabin top and fiberglass.

Phase 2: Remodel cabin interior by adding a shower enclosure, new cabin sole, cabin ceiling, apartment size refrigerator, build cabinet with drawers for clothing storage, refinish walls, cabinets and bulkheads with varnish wood, install a jack knife sofa where the bunk beds used to be, replace the V-birth mattress and completely rewire the boat.

Phase 3: Replace cockpit windows, remove vinyl canvas covering hard top and fiberglass, refinish cockpit woodwork, replace deck covering.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Oak Paneling and Battery Switches

My task today was to start placing unfinished oak paneling over the white walls and bulkheads. Once cut to fit, the panels were glued and nailed with wire brads to hold them in place. It seems like no mater how careful I am in my measuring, I'm almost always a quarter of an inch off by the time I'm through. I guess that's what trim is for.

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Later in the day, the UPS man brought me the battery switches that I bought from Defender.com. I bought a 3 1/5 inch hole saw and cut two holes in the steering podium to install them. The hole saw wasn't quite big enough so using a Dremel Tool, I enlarged the holes so the would fit. I though I had enough large gauge wire to wire them up but I didn't. So next time to the electrical supply store, I get what I need. The top switch is to connect either the starboard cranking battery or port cranking battery, or both at the same time, to the fuse panel the runs the boat. The bottom switch is to connect the house batteries to the fuse panel for the cabin.

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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kenny,

Excellent progress and craftsmanship. I PMd you on the YF Roamer forum.

Looks like all is well

Larry

June 28, 2010 3:25 PM

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