Seatern initial Setup

Seatern initial Setup

Table open - DSC04974

Sink area - DSC04977

Pipework for pumps - DSC04959

These top three photos show how beautifully empty Seatern was when she arrived, it was not to last!

Batteries - DSC05201

Electical unit - DSC04980

Electrics installed - DSC05202014

Two 110Ah leaisure batteries fit in front of the Ballast pump pipework and the electrics unit fits into the starboard "cubby hole". The various cables are routed through the under-seat lockers and cross the cabin behind the batteries.

Chart plotter - DSC05198

Aft Cabin area - panorama

Table open - DSC05219

The Chart plotter can be used inside the cabin as well as in the cockpit. The speaker boxes cover the backs of, and connections to, the cockpit wind instruments.

Galley area - DSC05203

"Heads" and stbd forepeak - DSC05274

"Fridge" and port forepeak - DSC05276

Domestic arrangements: The galley area, portaloo, and cool box. The sink has a ply cover, the gimballed spirit stove unit can be removed and used in the cockpit. The bag in the forepeak is the inflatable dinghy.

Cabin heater - DSC04167

Spirit stove - DSC05264

CO and Smoke Alarms - DSC05266

The "Pan-2000" heater sits on top of the Spirit Stove and vents outside the cabin. However the CO alarm suggest I need to put a fan in the exhaust pipe before I start using it in earnest.

Mast base - DSC04987

Boom detached - DSC04988

Lower shroud fixing - DSC04989

The mast is hinged directly at the Cabin top, the boom with sail bag and part of the track detaches from the mast, and the mast has a pair of lower shrouds designed to stay taught as the mast is lowered.

Cockpit instruments - DSC05204

Closed up - DSC05223

Tiller pilot - DSC05197

Instruments on the hatch are the NASA compass readout, GPS repeater, and speed log. Wind strength and speed are displayed at each side of the boat. The chart plotter can be mounted in different positions using the teak brackets which alternatively can accommodate the remote throttle for the electric outboard (seen in third photo near the tiller pilot).

Cockpit view - DSC05277

View from stern - DSC05279

The cockpit grating and teak seat panels were supplied by K.J. Howells & Son of Poole based on hardboard templates supplied by me.

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