Salon
The salon is the heart of the boat, a spacious area for entertaining, relaxing even sleeping during passages. The spaciousness is visually enhanced by the step down from the galley. I am 5'11" and I can stand with my arms above my head and not touch the ceiling. This extra height is not at the expense of freeboard which is normal for a boat of this size, around 3ft to the deck.
On the port side of the salon is a full length settee which can be pulled out to add 10" to its width. Behind the back rest are three large lockers we use as our pantry. On long passages, after a couple of weeks of eating from this pantry we will go 'shopping' to other lockers and stock this easy to reach one. This settee is also our main sea birth with a lee cloth stored under the cushion when not in use. Kelly is nicknamed the "rollover chef" since whenever I want food on a passage she just rolls over to access the food locker.
Above these lockers is a pilot berth. We utilize this area for storage, the heavier stuff on the bottom and going lighter as we pack it to the ceiling. My four windsurfing sails and around a hundred paper towel and toilet rolls take the upper most position. Along the front edge we have installed a stainless pole that supports a "tool belt". This is a piece of plastic coated webbing that has many pockets sewn into it that holds my most used tools. This whole space is cleverly closed off from view by a roll down wooden blind, the same color as the teak walls in the remainder of the salon.
Below the settee are two drawers and lots of other spaces. We used the left drawer for our pots and pans and the right for our bedding, neither will remain. Below the drawers we keep miscellaneous coiled electric wires. Behind the drawers we stored our two large rucksacks full of camping and climbing gear respectively (not being left). To the left and right of these drawers are Tupperwares containing:
The table is located on the stbd side with an "L" shaped settee round the stbd and aft sides. The table has two fold down leaves, the port side being able to open twice to reach the settee on that side. The table has two deep storage compartments within the table itself and a big fruit basket with adjustable compartments mounted between the legs. There is loads of storage under both portions of this settee and three more lockers behind the back rests. Above the back rests are two more cabinets, a book case and a teak magazine rack. Above the book case with a matched item on the port side are a pair of speakers for the boat Radio/CD/MP3 player.
Mounted into the side of this settee is a large capacity Whale gusher bilge pump, you can sit comfortably while pumping like mad! We have a 4 line retractable clothes line that goes over this space. In hot climates, we can do a load of laundry in the washing machine at night, hang it up with a fan on over night and it is bone dry in the morning. We find this preferable to being a Chinese laundry boat with all our clothes hung on the lifelines.
Under the cabin sole are two 100 gallon (new 2003) stainless steel water tanks. The access panels are visible along with the dipstick, water maker input and tank selection valve. The tanks are vented to a pipe that comes out under the sink so if filling up from rain or a dock hose ensure this pipe is directed into the sink. There are many pipes under the sink, all relating to the water maker except this one, it is the only pipe with a connector and an extension hose.
One last storage cupboard is located at the base of the mast. It houses the ship's fluxgate compass, as such nothing metal should be stored in this cupboard (we use it as our Tupperware cupboard) According to the original ships blue prints (located in the stbd salon document cabinet) this used to be a coal locker when I guess Rosie had a furnace mounted next to the mast.
Tucked unobtrusively in the corner of the salon is the keel stepped mast. There is a metal support which runs from the cabin top to below the floor. Its job is to stop the cabin top being pulled up with the forces exerted by all the new blocks that were added at the base of the mast. Behind this mast is one of 4 fire extinguishers on the boat New in 2003. (The other three are in the galley, head and engine room)
The salon has 5 ports (9 if you include the 4 in the connected galley), two opening hatches (with fly screen covers) and three dorade openings. It has two ceiling mounted lights and two halogen reading lights and two 2-speed fans. There are 4 AC sockets and 4 DC sockets located at various points in the walls.
On the port side of the salon is a full length settee which can be pulled out to add 10" to its width. Behind the back rest are three large lockers we use as our pantry. On long passages, after a couple of weeks of eating from this pantry we will go 'shopping' to other lockers and stock this easy to reach one. This settee is also our main sea birth with a lee cloth stored under the cushion when not in use. Kelly is nicknamed the "rollover chef" since whenever I want food on a passage she just rolls over to access the food locker.
Above these lockers is a pilot berth. We utilize this area for storage, the heavier stuff on the bottom and going lighter as we pack it to the ceiling. My four windsurfing sails and around a hundred paper towel and toilet rolls take the upper most position. Along the front edge we have installed a stainless pole that supports a "tool belt". This is a piece of plastic coated webbing that has many pockets sewn into it that holds my most used tools. This whole space is cleverly closed off from view by a roll down wooden blind, the same color as the teak walls in the remainder of the salon.
Below the settee are two drawers and lots of other spaces. We used the left drawer for our pots and pans and the right for our bedding, neither will remain. Below the drawers we keep miscellaneous coiled electric wires. Behind the drawers we stored our two large rucksacks full of camping and climbing gear respectively (not being left). To the left and right of these drawers are Tupperwares containing:
- Fiberglass cloth and webbing straps
- Fairing compounds and varnish
- Numerous bungees
The table is located on the stbd side with an "L" shaped settee round the stbd and aft sides. The table has two fold down leaves, the port side being able to open twice to reach the settee on that side. The table has two deep storage compartments within the table itself and a big fruit basket with adjustable compartments mounted between the legs. There is loads of storage under both portions of this settee and three more lockers behind the back rests. Above the back rests are two more cabinets, a book case and a teak magazine rack. Above the book case with a matched item on the port side are a pair of speakers for the boat Radio/CD/MP3 player.
Mounted into the side of this settee is a large capacity Whale gusher bilge pump, you can sit comfortably while pumping like mad! We have a 4 line retractable clothes line that goes over this space. In hot climates, we can do a load of laundry in the washing machine at night, hang it up with a fan on over night and it is bone dry in the morning. We find this preferable to being a Chinese laundry boat with all our clothes hung on the lifelines.
Under the cabin sole are two 100 gallon (new 2003) stainless steel water tanks. The access panels are visible along with the dipstick, water maker input and tank selection valve. The tanks are vented to a pipe that comes out under the sink so if filling up from rain or a dock hose ensure this pipe is directed into the sink. There are many pipes under the sink, all relating to the water maker except this one, it is the only pipe with a connector and an extension hose.
One last storage cupboard is located at the base of the mast. It houses the ship's fluxgate compass, as such nothing metal should be stored in this cupboard (we use it as our Tupperware cupboard) According to the original ships blue prints (located in the stbd salon document cabinet) this used to be a coal locker when I guess Rosie had a furnace mounted next to the mast.
Tucked unobtrusively in the corner of the salon is the keel stepped mast. There is a metal support which runs from the cabin top to below the floor. Its job is to stop the cabin top being pulled up with the forces exerted by all the new blocks that were added at the base of the mast. Behind this mast is one of 4 fire extinguishers on the boat New in 2003. (The other three are in the galley, head and engine room)
The salon has 5 ports (9 if you include the 4 in the connected galley), two opening hatches (with fly screen covers) and three dorade openings. It has two ceiling mounted lights and two halogen reading lights and two 2-speed fans. There are 4 AC sockets and 4 DC sockets located at various points in the walls.
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