Finally the working people onboard get toilet. There has been some discussion previously about the installation of the toilets according the drawings of the AotS. I am installing the toilets on PS and SB side according to these drawings, this means the toilets follow the lines of the stern and are mounted under an angle backwards and inwards. As the vessel while sailing will also be under an angle these angles will be far less when at sea and the King can choose from the PS or SB toilet which is more convenient while under sail.
I started with bbuilding a bench around the inner stern to which the toilet is build. All is build with multiplex which will be covered with wallnut afterwards.
Rear bench and toilet frame.
The toilet has a raised floor also to make it possible to open the door under an angle without getting stuck to the deck.
The inside of the gallery I have covered with wallnut, the side panel of the toilet will folow in a later stage.
Looking from the outside you see the division wall of the toilet and you clearly see that the toilet is following the same angle as the gallery itself. The stern window is the toilet, the three in the front the cabin.
The inside of the toilet is painted in turquoise blue, the rear side covered with wallnut. The toilet self is just a wooden box with a hole and a pipe fitted through the stern. We don't have to be jealouse at a royal toilet in those days.
. Finall finishing still to be done.
The door and door frame of the toilet with the door frame painted and sanded for the first time.
The door frame fitted and the fwd side covered with wallnut. The door is hinged with door hinges created as shown in one of the previous pages.
Every toilet needs an outlet, here fitted in the lower stern.
As you see the toilet is already occupied with the door closed. Now it is time for another toilet on the SB side and finish the rear bench.