Galley Faucet

[Jordan]

I'm pretty sure there is a way to efficiently use the foot pump (or any other faucet that is within 2 inches of the edge of the sink), but I couldn't figure it out. Even with the foot pump, I was using so. much. water. Washing hands (which is a bit important these days) was a pain, and so was washing dishes. Seriously, try to rinse off a bowl where you can't actually get the entire thing under the water no matter how I position it. Again, I'm pretty sure there is a method that I'm missing, and I might keep the foot pump short for now, just so I can figure out how to use it (maybe something like this collapsible wash basin?

Anyway, I got frustrated with it, and we started doing some research. Made some measurements, shopped about, and eventually settled on the Lordear Bar Sink Faucet. The original plan was to install it centered, and replace the existing faucet. While I did keep in mind how the further to port the lower the clearance, I kind of missed that slight slope aft. It would have installed there fine, but we needed to make the faucet holes a bit bigger, and I'm pretty sure that we wouldn't be able to get full range of motion out of the faucet. So we removed what I think was the original (non-functional) raw water hand pump, only had about 5 millimeters we had to shave off the sides of the existing hole (only about 3 mm to fit the faucet, but at the angle we had to install it, needed just a wee bit more room. The better half went to town using the side of a drill bit, and in about 15 minutes, had it good. The plumbing underneath was a bit of a PITA. Hot water was a (I now know) a PEX line, and it was a standard garden hose sized line for the cold water. But the connection wasn't standardized, and I didn't have any of the extra couplers needed to get the pex connected to a 3/8" compression line, same deal with the other hose. I don't know if I really went into the back story, but we sold everything before coming out here. We didn't even have a hammer. So it adds a bit of difficulty not having the tools needed. Add into that, Florida Home Depots. I have never seen a more useless home depot since I moved here. So some trips to harbor freight, multiple trips to Home Depot, and we still wound up not being able to hook up the larger hose. Well, I found a rusted coupler, and with about 15 minutes of cleaning, was able to get it to work. And I have to admit, I'm super excited about it.

Forgive the crazy mess in the galley, as we're still figuring that out. But here are some pictures!

Just enough clearance!!



Swivel to port, things get a bit close. Fortunately it has an extendable head, so there is no risk of it getting jammed over there.



I can move it completely out of the way of anything!!



Plus I can pull out the sprayer, and hit anything from any angle!! Also, I can now fill up our filtered pitcher thing for drinking water (still haven't quite figured out how to get the tanks clean enough to drink out of, so I usually used an RV inline filter from the hose at the dock to fill up the pitcher).




Not my first boat job, as I've rewired a few things, but the electric jobs seem to be way easier than the plumbing ones on a boat.

[Skookster]

Nice!

[jpendoley]

Jordan, very impressive! I need a better solution for my sink faucet and this just might fill the bill-thanks for posting.  And don't get discouraged about all the projects-it takes a surprising amount of time to get them all sorted out. If you think in terms of a few years you won't get discouraged. How is the engine running these days?
Jim

[Jordan]

It worked really well with that overhang in the galley that we have. It took a bit of finagling of the weight that is on the extension (it kept getting caught on the cleaning supplies stored under the sink), but by moving it up a bit, seems to be fine.

Ah, the engine. Technically, she purrs like a kitten with projectile vomit. The engine is solid, but without a raw water pump right now. The replacement allegedly arrived on Monday, but it's nowhere to be found. The company was of zero help until I told them that if they don't start the process on their end, I'll contact my bank, mark the transaction as fraud, and buy one from somewhere else. Immediately I got a call back, and now it's escalated on my end, but also they started the lost package thing on their end. Fortunately, the weather is supposed to be pretty mild through the weekend. Now that I'm this close to having her fully functional and sailable, I actually feel like it's a bad idea to face a storm of any kind without a working engine. I might just buy another one, but then I remember that the engine hasn't worked at all, and the status quo hasn't gotten worse, the situation is effectively the same.

I might update my other thread with more information on this specifically, but as of right now, my boat doesn't have a headstay. It's on the dock with two riggers who are servicing the lower drum, and will then service the upper. I'm actually in the office, so I haven't seen it yet, and it might even be back up by the time I get back from work in a few hours. Next step is to review the rig inspection they also did. Apparently they told MXT that the kind of turnbuckles she has haven't been made in a very long time. I vaguely remember reading some stuff on that, but I have to review. And then I just need to find a headsail to put on my soon-to-be functional roller furler.

Oh, plus I also found my bag of mounting screws for the Magma grill I bought, so I got that mounted. I think I'm making steak tonight, which is awesome. So yeah, it's going. I get very frustrated with how slow it is, and how much I don't know, but that frustration is lessening as I learn more. Plus, with the fact that I'm still working full time, I'm a lot more willing to quickly find a pro for initial functionality.

[jpendoley]

Sounds like you are almost there. You probably know them already, but Trans Atlantic Diesel did a really good job for me when I needed parts.  They ship fast and they will take the time to answer questions.

[SVJourney]

Yeah, I bought injectors from those guys.  Good sales and service.

[Jordan]

I did not know about them. I'll have to poke around a bit. I'll post more details later in the engine thread.