10/11/2024
Interior salon nearly finished, super happy with the white ash Formica and PlasDECK Synthetic Teak Decking. Cushion foam and fabric sourced from Sailrite. Stitching by Captain heavy stitch, Art is the best! Sole painted with multiple passes of Pettit EZ Poxy Spray after some fairing and sanding of chipped gelcoat and their EZ Primer Spray.
Those with a keen eye will catch that I have not bullnosed the cabinets and counters yet, that’s a winter router project, I’m not looking to crack anyone’s skull.
Those who know the Pearson 36 will note that I refitted all the cabinets in the salon. Across from the head there were a pair of lockers, left was a hanging locker, right was kind of muddle of drawers and a strange cubby space. I decided to gut that setup and instead I tabbed in a new half bulkhead aligned with the shoulder for the forward chainplates which beefed that shoulder up nicely. This would have made for a much narrower hanging locker but we never used
It anyways so I decided to lose the tall hanging locker, this allowed for a full length countertop with cabinets above and below. Now that corrodor to the forward cabin doesn’t seem as cramped and the upper/lower cabinets are more accessible storage space.
In the main salon I trimmed back the top of the cabinets (which were designed to double up as additional berths, but I’ve no interest in sleeping 7 people on this boat) to add a 70 degree angle for much more comfortable sitting position when it’s pouring outside. I then built in an additional 6” layer of storage above those cabinets so that there are now three storage cubby’s behind the cushions on each side and the cushions are 6” taller.
I’m likely going to add open shelves half way up above those cabinets.
All cabinets are insulated with 1/2”
closed cell foam, above the waterline for heat/cold, below for condensation.
If you read this far you’re likely a DIY’er yourself and I hope this post is helpful!
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