[Rhodes22-list] Under galley storage and electricial upgrade

Sun Mar 9 22:02:31 EDT 2008

Peter,
A real nice and neat job on the electrical upgrade. What info. do you get
from the battery monitor? Do you have to run all your 12 volt power
through it,before you get to feed the fuse/breaker panel? Or do you just
have to give it a 12 volt power supply after the panel?Your boat appears
to be in real nice shape,thanks for the pictures. For the time being
,I'm planning on just using solar power for charging the battery. Last
year I switched from a group 24 to a group 27 battery,as the 24 was 5
years old,and started life as a power source for a 40# trolling motor
for the Com-Pac 16 I had before Country Rhodes.I bought a panel from
Stan 4 years ago,and just bolted it to 2, 1" X 2" hunks of wood,then
put 2" square patches of velcro on the corners of the wood and marting
patches on the fore deck about where the port hatch would go.(I don't
have either hatch on CR) With the pop-top up,I can remove the panel,and
store it behind the porta-potty,from inside the cabin. So far it has
splayed enough amps for my needs,but all my nav. lights,except for the
stern light are LED's.( the stern light is on the to do list.)
Jerry Lowe

On 3/9/2008, "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com> wrote:

>Jerry,
>
>All the credit for the shelves and the curtains should go to previous owner
>Gary Sanford. When I bought the boat from Mark Kaynor, who bought it from
>Gary, it still had the curtains.  I felt they shaded too much light from
>entering the cabin so I removed them.  They were just held in by  #8 ss
>screws.  The pictures posted are actually from the Rhodes22 owners website
>and I think they were taken by Gary Sanford.
>
>As an electrician you might be interested in some improvements recently made
>to Raven:  a 260 amp/hour power supply, power panel and 120vac shore power
>service (see attached pdfs).  The idea is to have enough juice to last three
>days between recharging, so someday it would be possible go cruising for
>weeks at a time, stopping every three days at a marina like Mary Lou writes
>about in her "Sailing Small" chapter.   Now at least I am one step closer to
>that dream.
>
>Big Al -- you're not the only one who would like to see more sailing talk on
>this list. :-)
>
>PT
>
>
>
>
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>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of cjlowe at sssnet.com
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Under galley storage
>
>Peter,
>I really like your set-up,thats the idea I had in mind. Luis has a
>similar set-up,but it's been two years since I've seen it. I'm
>kicking around the idea of making a stand alone unit,that I can build in
>the basement and just set into place and lag down,once we dig out from
>under this 2 feet of snow.I'm also thinking  of losing the sliding
>doors and build ones that hindge from the bottom with the top tipping
>out and also lift out altogether.I'm thinking of putting shallow
>pockets in the door to hold light weight items.
>As a side note , how are your curtain rods attached to the side of the
>cabin? If my wife ever sees that picture,I'm going to need to know.They
>really dress up the cabin nicely.
>Jerry Lowe
>
>
>On 3/9/2008, "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>Jerry,
>>
>>I didn't build these shelves because they came with the boat.  But I don't
>>think I could improve on them.  3/8" plywood on 1x1 wood cleats attached to
>>a vertical panel that lines up behind the sliding f/g doors.  There's a
>thin
>>stop across the front to prevent items on the shelves from sliding into the
>>doors on starboard tack.  These shelves are appropriately light and they
>>work so well that for a long time I thought Stan built them.
>>
>>http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/Shelves.jpg
>>
>>
>>http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/Shelves2.jpg
>>
>>PT
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of cjlowe at sssnet.com
>>Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:48 PM
>>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Under galley storage
>>
>>Has anybody built or bought a R-22,that has shelves or drawers for
>>storage under the galley. The space between the sink and ice cooler has
>>a lot of room for storage.  If one can uiltilize all that area,by
>>building drawers or shelves ,alot more useful storage could be gained.I
>>sure would like to see pictures and/or pick up some useful tips on this
>>project.I don't have the cooking burner to contend with ,as I removed
>>it last year when I redid the counter top and the shelves behind
>>it.I'll try to attach a pic. of that project. The area I'm talking
>>about is behind the right sliding door.
>>Thanks,
>>Jerry Lowe
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