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Interior Condition | 1 | 2 |
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 This is looking
aft towards the lazarette. The members seen here are part of a
bulkhead in that area; despite the charring, they are sound, more or
less. |
 This is one of
the mizzen chainplates; despite the sloppy construction, there is little
fire damage. |
 The other mizzen
chainplate. These are sloppy and chintzy, but have worked for 40
years. |
This is looking
forward towards the galley bulkhead in the port cockpit locker, where
most of the fire-related hull damage occurred. The owner ground out
much of the bad fiberglass, including large latent defects and
construction voids--like this area shown. The surrounding laminate
seems sound. |
 This is the
underside of the port quarterdeck, showing the complete absence of an
inner skin. That's the underside of the balsa core there, showing
a few grinder marks from the owner. |
 Looking aft along
the port quarterdeck inside, showing the droopy fiberglass and general
mess. |
 Looking forward
into the cabin through the after galley bulkhead, separating the lockers
from the cabin. This bulkhead is pretty heavily charred, yet
amazingly sound. |
 This is another
view of the underside of the port quarterdeck. |
 Looking aft in
the starboard cockpit locker. This side, other than smoke and
water damage, escaped any serious fire damage, amazingly. |
 Another view of
the starboard cockpit locker. |
 Looking forward
in the starboard cockpit locker. |
 Starboard cockpit
locker, looking aft. |
 On the way home,
I ran into this at the New Hampshire tolls. What fun.
Columbus Day weekend...never gave it a thought when scheduling my trip.
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This boat was years away from the water, at least in completely rebuilt
form. She needed absolutely everything. Still, that was
exactly what we (I) were looking for, and presently we made arrangements
to buy the boat for salvage value.
Rebuilding the boat would be a huge, long-term project
that I looked forward to with relish. After we purchased the boat
in October 2004, however, a number of things changed in our overall
situation, which inevitably affected the original schedule for our plans
for the boat. However, she remains first and foremost in our
future plans, and once time and resources become more abundant as time
goes on, work will get underway.
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