The duct work has been located and installed, now we have the ability to pump the AC and Heat throughout the entire boat. I'm sure the people who use the aft-cabin will appreciate the AC and Heat when the door is closed. The loss of storage is minimum, with the majority of loss experienced in the V-Berth hanging locker. Now it is marginal at best, whether or not I'll be hanging anything in that locker again. But, the AC will be worth it I'm sure. Besides, what kind of clothing could I possibly need on the boat that would require hanging?

Running the duct work required that I open up the Port side shelf behind the Settee:

After the shelf is up, I cut the 4 inch duct holes and routed the flexible duct.

To route the duct further aft, I decided to reduce it's size a bit and run it with solid PVC.

The rigid PVC duct runs aft through the refigerator, behind the stove, through the Head under the sink and finally after turning left in the hanging locker, it goes into the Aft Cabin.

Meanwhile in the Forward cabin (V-Birth) the duct work is split to the other areas; for example the primary duct with the 6 inch flexible duct work supplies the main cabin, and a second 4 inch duct is diverted into the V-Birth.

With the duct work in place, I went ahead with the mounting of the AC unit. I probably should have checked the AC unit before cutting all those holes, but I was confident that I could put the Unit into the V-Birth.

Now all I need to do is hook up the overboard discharge from the AC unit, install the sea water strainer, sea water pump, and run the electricals... What a PROJECT!