The Cabin Sole
B.O.A.T. "Break Out Another Thousand" or by definition; "A hole in the water into which one pours money" the scariest thing would be to have a hole in that hole.
Nothing is ever simple or easy on a boat. The above picture is of the no-longer used thru-hull for the forward head. Laws in America require heads be plumbed to holding tanks and Paramount was converted at some point leaving behind this ticket to Davy Jones' Locker.
The designers at Chris Craft were at the leading edge of interior design, wall-to-wall carpet was all the rage. Not to worry that access hatches are covered. To find this thru-hull you almost needed a metal detector! We have Dr Doug, who has left no hatch unturned.
The sea-cock was frozen in the open position and the galvanized iron pipe that looked not-so-bad from the outside, but as you can see above very rusted on the inside, there is a reason for never using anything but bronze for these critical fittings! This could have sunk Miss P.- it would have been almost impossible to locate where the water was coming in. Access hatches have to be accessible.
When it came to new flooring for Paramount the wall-to-wall is being replaced with wood. In a house everything is pretty well square when it comes to flooring - not on a boat! This is the dinette area - about the only "square" - in all of her total square feet.
Below is the forward V-berth as Joe our master boat builder knows, another jig-saw within the jig-saw. Worse in fact, as each and every tongue & groove board had to be fit, the next cut made, the area pulled apart and fit again and so on until every angle was tapered in. The grey square is the hatch - it is going to be covered with floor and trimmed in oak with a handle installed to make access easy.
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