NEW COUNTER TOPS GALLEY AND HEAD

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:25 am

hello all, I hope you are all having a great summer and have had the opportunity to use your Trojans (boats that is) I know I have and have been enjoying the fuel saving reliability of those little inline 6's.

I have wanted to change the galley counters since buying the boat to update the look, when we bought the boat, it had white formica on the galley counters and the dinette table, during one of the many projects it became clear that the white formica was glued over something else, I peeled the white off of the counters and table to reveal the original faux butcher block, while it was much much better thant the white, nothing says 1977 more than faux butcher block laminate. well, maybe the finish choices in the head.

I have been watch craigslist for a while waiting for someone doing a kitchen remodel and hoping to find salvagable corian or other solid surface material headed for the dumpster. A week ago, I found just that and for 60.00 I bought a 19' X 26" piece, plus a piece that is roughly 36" X 60" that was thier island bar. the 60.00 was for the help the guy gave me cutting it to usable pieces and helping me load it in my truck.

Friday, I removed the galley counter tops and the complete vanity in the head, if any of you have done this, you know why the complete vanity came out, as it is 4 pieces, front, counter top, back splash and window ledge, each piece is intregal to the next. I was able to remove everything without damage except for having to cut 1" off of the stove side of the counter in order to get it out of the area. this has given me templates for the entire project.

I have all of the pieces cut, sans sink and electrical outlet cutouts. I ordered new sinks and they have yet to arrive.
Once I have the sinks, I'll glue up my seams and cut the openings and hopefully be back in business before the labor day holiday.

here are some photos of the progression thus far:

BTW: the color difference in the woodwork is real, when we bought the boat the teak was dirty reddish brown, and I thought it may have been mohogany, we striiped ALL of the interior wood with Teka two part teak cleaner and brightener and the wood came back a beautiful golden teak color. while the joinery is pretty lame for this model, the wood is still nice.

GALLEY , PHOTO TAKEN WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THE BOAT BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT

THIS IS AFTER I STRIPPED OF THE WHITE FORMICA

COUNTER TOPS REMOVED

HEAD WITH NEW CORIAN DURING FIT UP

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:45 am

Nice. Good luck and keep pictures coming.
While you're installing a new galley sink, think of adding a garbage disposal. I have one in my sink...works well.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:02 pm

Thanks , I thought about the garbage disposal thing but I dont think I have enough depth for it to drain overboard. ?

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:14 pm

Mine drains fine...

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:22 pm

i'll look into it when I get the sink in, I ordered a 9" deep sink as I could barely get anything in the original.

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:51 pm

Nice looking work

comodave · Post by **comodave** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:10 pm

I am getting ready to replace the counter in my F32. How hard was it getting the counter out? What is the blower hose used for? I am getting rid of the stove, since we will never use it and going with a microwave and a cooktop. We did that in our last boat and liked it very much. It will get us some more storage as well.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:54 pm

Dave

the counter top in the galley came out fairly easy. I removed the refrigerator and stove, once you do that , you can get to just about every screw holding the top in. The hull side backsplash has a few unaccesible screws, so once I got everythingloose, I used my sawzall and cut the last remaining screws. it took about 2 hours to remove the calley and head countertops.

use a good cordless driver and a fresh good # 2 phillips bit and get as square to the screw head as you can and the screws back right out.

The blower hose is from the vent in the head. the blower is mounted on the engine room / galley bulkhead below the sink. I am not sure what Trojans thought was with this, but its not going back in.

If you really used it and the shower, and if it acutally pulled steam out of the head, it discharges directly onto the port side top front fuel tank seam...... nuff said,

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:56 pm

BTW do you have an actual stove with an oven?

if so, I might be interested in it.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:27 am

I got the galley sink yesterday and made the cut out in the new counter top. I also got the end piece glued up. Very anxious to get them installed, I hate seeing the boat torn apart!

comodave · Post by **comodave** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:50 am

Wow, really looks great. Can not wait to see the photos of the completed installation.

kevin babineau · Post by **kevin babineau** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:49 pm

looks awesome... i have a stove but im in mass

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:51 am

i love an undermount sink. a very nice set up indeed. are you going for the disposer unit too?

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:25 am

I do not think Ill be adding a disposer, I have decided I dont want the extra weight (the corian is heavier than the plywood top) plus, I just dont think I have the height for the sink to drain to the existing through hull

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:01 pm

I havent had a lot of time this week to work on the project so it looks like the weekend raftup wont happen, however, I am chugging along

I have the head sink and faucet opening cut and the tops polished, its kind of fun working with corian and it is quite forgiving

My shop mate keeping a look out!