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Emerald Tales
Spring / Summer 2013: leaving the UK to head south towards the Med
Emerald's Photos - Forward Head
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Here you see the un altered head. However I
Another shot of the same area before work commenced
A close up of the wash basin showing the old taps and
Here I
A close up and I think you can just about see where I
All completed. If I
Some little touches added. Like the Weems and Plath Mini oil lamp which fits the area really well.
I decided to sort out the shower and tee
Here you see the fixed shower head and the on off valve. I like this arrangement for the boat. You can wet yourself down, turn off the water, lather up, turn on the water at the same temp and rinse off. Means good water control and you can use one hand to hold on in a rocky anchorage, and still soap yourself down. No juggling the telephone shower.
Here you can see the outboard cupboard with the doors removed. The u shaped pipe is the toilet outlet with the anti siphon valve. this has to be removed and re-worked to use with the holding tank
New pipework which allows us to either use the holding tank, direct discharge from the loo, or pump out the holding tank when 3 miles offshore if necessary. it can all be accessed for cleaning and is a much better arrangement than what was there previously.
The
Here you can see the crack on the formica of the bulkhead. I
Here the subfloor has been replaced. The old one was delaminated and rotten. I
Here you can see the contrast with the tiles cut to all the angles and then drilled using a diamond tip drill (thankfully I didn
 
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Emerald
Who: Colin 'Skip' Wright, Nichola Wright
Port: No fixed abode
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