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One of the most exciting aspects of the refit is the complete redesign of the interior lighting. We’re using IP68 rated strips for the ceiling, and a lower powered strip for the mood lighting. Meanwhile we spend three days attempting to remove a blockage from the mast. Moo comes up with an ingenious solution.
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Very sharp lighting scheme!
You may want to consider a halfmoon acrylic clear lense to place over your strip leds. This will do 3 things. It will difuse the light, giving less shadows in the cabin. This will also broden the area which gets light, and last, it will keep you from accidently burning yourself on the strip as they tend to get very hot. Here is a website you may want to check out.
http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/lg_display.cfm/page/69/catalog/Master_Catalog_Vol_42
What a huge difference it makes with that brighter interior
What happened to video's "Esper Refit 26 through 29". Can't find them on Youtube to continue a Power Marathon viewing session. Is there another source to find them? Love your video's and the editing is amazing.
Catching up on all these videos, it's a GREAT series! Love the work being done and the finish product. Very nice on the drill bit and the long rod, supper handy having a metal fab shop right there, they do indeed produce nice work.
just saw your video. dude! how can you afford this retrofit? i am in the wrong job!
OUCH ! LMAO !!
Good stuff and nice install. I have a similar run in my RV but its stuck to the a gell coat. My only concern is the strip does get hot when left on and your wooden light channel might start to show signs of Wood Pyrolisys over time. Especially where your sailing on those scotching 41c days.
Burned on a hot metal rod… Our chemistry teacher in high school always warned us never to touch the test tubes in the lab with our bare hands because… 'hot glass looks the same as cold glass'. Same goes for metal I guess.
Did you remember to evict the stowaway in the cabinet at 9:45 before launch?
these guys fixing the mast are very innovative in making a rod and extending it..cant say much for jimmy in burning his hand
Power cables in puddles, what a OH&S nightmare…
Ah, those Thai double sockets……that you can't plug two UK plugs into, side by side….I got those too.
Ha..ha safety first…as he is welding without a protective mask….
Wow, how much LED "mood" lighting did you end up installing if it was over 8 amps 😮
Hi Liz and Jamie,
Comments on MASTS
Per (the Suez Canal rambler 🙂) on Sybaris here,
I remember watching all your refit videos back in 2014 while me and Elly were refitting a house in Rhodes Old Town to become a 4 room hotel. After that I spent a few painstaking years in Rhodes refitting Sybaris (our Gulfstar 54 Sailcruiser). I say painstaking because refitting a boat in the Dodecanese is a climb up a hill finding the right people, sourcing material, and being allowed to work on boatyards. It's a long story.
One of the jobs I did was to remove the masts (ketch) which are Hood and probably exactly the same as yours (1986). We did not go about it as methodically as you two, and missed out on sealing all fittings and bolts on reassembly. Needless to say two years later we had aluminium oxidation and pitting all over the masts and booms and paint virtually peeling off over the oxidation. I have now de-masted again and am preparing to redo the whole mast restoration. I don't want to make the same mistake again and have three questions for you:
1) What primer and paint did you use?
2) What did you use to seal the fittings and bolts?
3) How have your masts stood up over the last 8 years, is the paint still looking good?
Much appreciate your feedback.
Cheers,
Per