Bill and Mark arrived a couple days before Clive and I in order to get familiar with the boat and take it out for a day sail. Gib, Jackie, Bill and Mark dropped the hook in Kaneoh'e Bay and managed to get in some swimming and sight-seeing. The dramatic backdrop seems to sum up why many of us are drawn to Hawaii.
The following pictures of the interior convey the cleanliness before the dirtiness.
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| Wow, look at all that floorspace. The head is to the right of the bulkhead in the fore-peak. The fore-peak bed has been removed and that's where all the sails and some gear are stowed for the delivery and Transpac. | | |
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| Prior to departure I relocated the Danforth anchors and rodes in the fore-peak and packed them in a pile of sails to restrain and cushion them. For those keeping score, underway it is not safe or clean to stand and deliver and you are required to sit. Plus, there is limited head-room. |
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This is technically a pipe-berth but better known as a rat-hole. During the Transpac with a full crew the pipe berths are utilized. I have used them before and they are actually fairly private. You climb in head-first (feet always pointed towards the pointy end in case you come to a sudden stop after hitting something while underway) and if on the best tack for that berth you can roll against the hull. There appears to be a wet-spot on the red canvas and a clue that was missed by all. It was from water that dripped from the window above.
The white floorspace below the berth is where I discovered white paint chips while underway several days into the delivery. I swept them up. But, they reappeared. When the bilge collected water it also collected debris and when the boat heeled the water and debris washed up the sides of the hull. Debris was all over the floorboards and hull. This was the first clue that there was a lot of water in the bilge. We would just pump it out. It took a major event and coincidences to occur for me to find the source of the water. |
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| Gib and Mark. |
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| Such a clean navigation station but with only (1) rusty 12v outlet placed here and nowhere else. |
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| Rudder post. The PVC pipes are part of the plumbing system used to drain water from the cockpit and drain out at the base of the transom. |
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| Emergency rudder safe and secure. |
Bill and Mark arrived a couple days before Clive and I in order to get familiar with the boat and take it out for a day sail. Gib, Jackie, Bill and Mark dropped the hook in Kaneoh'e Bay and managed to get in some swimming and sight-seeing. The dramatic backdrop seems to sum up why many of us are drawn to Hawaii.
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