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Devine Lu Linvega

Do you ever, like, wonder how your house is built and start taking walls off to find out?

Starboard wall of the galley taken off, reveals lots of condiments and other foods.
34 comments
Irenes (many)

@neauoire ... was all that stuff... just inside it the whole time?

"Weird" HAL 9000ic

@neauoire Uh.. no.. but I did find out how my house was built by taking the walls down.

coldclimate

@neauoire yep, and then I found out they are made of newspaper and spit and I panic for the state of the house

Tendigits

@neauoire coincidentally yes. Recently found an unused space under the stairs and turned it into a coat closet and storage cubby!

rezmason

@neauoire Lots of replies from people thinking this is a previous owner's pantry. But this must be your pantry.

There is no way that this stuff stayed upright through Busy Doing Nothing, with the cleaver hanging there and everything. There's just no way.

Is there?

Devine Lu Linvega

@rezmason when we got knocked down, most of it stayed in place. We have a vertical food locker with jars(not pictured) and that went flying all over the place, but most of these stayed put, the wall that I took off kept them in their place.

Helvetica Blanc

@neauoire Wait, there was a full pantry with someone else's food behind the wall?! 👀👀

Hécate Kleidukos

@neauoire WAS THIS FOOD THERE SINCE YOU BOUGHT THE BOAT??

Devine Lu Linvega

We were wondering what was hidding behind the cabinet.

C.B.Leslie

@neauoire ... completely reasonable. 'Cause what if secrets?! Must know.

Devine Lu Linvega

@cathos yeah maybe, the weather is a bit to cold right now to do it properly, but if it gets warmer, we'll insulate the wall.

nomand

@neauoire how did you get used to the aluminum resonator in the middle of the living room, relaying every vibration and halyard slap aloft? xD
Hard lesson learned with my first boat, keel stepped mast never again xD

R E K

@nomand @neauoire We know when birds(gulls/crows) are on the mast because of vibrations, it's kind of neat :>.
Dont remember there being a 'getting used to it' period, but then again we have no point of comparison (only ever owned this boat).

Artsun

@neauoire Kind of a questionable design choice on the part of the naval architect to have closed the back of the closet 🤔

I know some of them are open directly onto the hull on Astragale, but not sure about some others. Now I need to check!

Devine Lu Linvega

@artsun I think the cabinet acts as a sort of isolation layer, unfortunately they haven't varnished or painted the back.. so

jfroehlich

@neauoire was it glued in or could you unscrew it?

Devine Lu Linvega

@jfroehlich a mix of both, there was very old glue that just came off easily, lots of painters nails, and a ton of soft brass screws that broke in half when I tried to remove them

Devine Lu Linvega

Everything was held together with tiny little screws that didn't really bite, upsized everything 4 times, making it knockdown proof. So if a wave rolls us again, the cabinet is not going try and get out of its place.

Small screws, and large ass screws.
Devine Lu Linvega

@yngmar Not all! And I must have removed a hundred painters nails that were.. also not stainless. They left little res dots all over.

jfroehlich

@neauoire kind of. I took probes in the kitchen with a drill. Because this house was build in 1600 and a part of it is clay and hay and the other part is cement and steel.

Kartik Agaram

@neauoire Wow, this thread is something else. Totally needed my graphical viewer.

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