Category Archives: Interior Improvements
Projects of the Pandemic
2020…Anyone want a do-over? Crazy to say the least. My motto for 2020 is “If you can’t go far, go often.” One unknown outcome of the pandemic on Roxia has been the number of projects I completed that I didn’t even know I needed to start. This is a brief recap of “PoP” with pictures below:
- Pull shaft and remove Hydraulic APU
- New Computer for FarSounder and Backup Navigation
- Replace wiper switches with electronic wiper control
- New hose for gasoline storage tank
- Replace blackwater hose and vent line
- Replace bungee at all freeing ports
- Install new Bluesea M2 gauge on Electric panel
- Remove non-functioning DryZone system
- Upgrade engine room ventilation system
- Install air compressor (horn, air tools and Hookah diving)
- Build new windlass handle
- Build aft enclosure for cockpit
- Visit the Mothership for Nordhavn swag!
- Build a rack to store small glassware
Work in progress:
- Replace hydraulic gauges with plug/test ports
- Remove paint from cap rails
- Service watermaker
- New Backup domestic water pump
All four screens working 
Coastal Explorer 
FarSounder 
Compressor Installed 
Hose Reel in Laz for Hookah 
Finally a gauge designed right! 
Panel with new M2 gauge 
Out with the old bungee. 
Dyneema wrapped bungee 
Hog ring pliers make it easy 
Add shrink tube to cover connection 
Shrink it down 
Freeing ports tight again 
Tight fit for a good view 
Replaced sunshade for PNW Enclosure 
Its like adding another room 
Center sections open 
A great addition for cold weather cruising 
Broke the aluminum windlass bar twice. Made the new one from stainless steel. 
A fine T-Shirt 
Represent! 
New hose and swivel for gasoline supply 
Test Ports and Gauge Adapters 
Electronic wiper control 
Racks for small glasses
The New and Improved Cabinet
A previous caretaker of Roxia removed the original entertainment cabinet and replaced it with one to accommodate their electronics. While it was a nice cabinet it did not match the original woodwork and was really just too big. Here is what it looked like.
Here is the new and improved entertainment cabinet.
That’s all you need to know unless you want to see how I built it. Ok, still reading? Here are the pictures of what I did to make it look better than before. I will note that the Plexiglas in the door is made from one of the swing doors in the previous cabinet. Also, I cut two of the shelves to make the new shelves and the top to make the back of the new cabinet. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
The hole created by removing the old cabinet. 
1″ radius corners are on Roxia. 
Milling raw stock. 
Corner piece profile. 
First test fit before cutting out face to match grain. 
Glue up after cutting out face. 
New door with previous Plexiglas. 
Simple box joint for drawer. 
Lots of glue up surface for strength. 
Mock up of matched grain drawer front. 
Teak runners for drawer matches existing style. 
These little corner details were a pain. 
Small piece that takes a lot of time. 
I made this top and bottom detail to finish the edges. 
Adding the edge detail before adding the fiddle. 
Drawer stop in back and runner to add some resistance for sliding. 
Edge detail installed. 
Edge with corner pieces same as bottom detail. 
First pass to match the fiddle on Roxia. 
Completed fiddle. 
More corner pieces for the fiddle that were a pain to make. 
Rough cut before matching inside and outside curves. 
All the build coats of varnish are gloss before final rubbed effect finish. 
Five coats gloss plus two coats of Rubbed Effect. 
I always worry when I peal the tape. 
Finished Corner. 
Grain of cabinet, door and drawer match. 
Inside only has five coats total. 
I wanted a drawer for cables. 
Close-up of top. 
Inside with equipment. 
Cabinet as of April 2020
And there you have it. If you made it this far you probably have nothing better to do. This is during the great quarantine of 2020. Stay safe!