Chips Ahoy!

Another weekend, another 12 hours of boat improvement. This time we focused on the elecrical systems and detailing the interior of the cabin. Both are incomplete but significant steps have been made in the correct direction. The whites are whiter and the teak is way teakier. I think the running lights are worked out, the anchor light presents a problem because we always leave before sunset and so it's hard to see if the damn thing (at the top of the mast) is lit. The first pictures are of the million dollar view from our mooring. San Francisco and Alcatraz at dusk to the south, and a Mount Tamalpais sunset to the north. Also, the rat's nest of wires and switches we inherited. Interesting. Oh and of course, Thingy The Dinghy, our all-purpose pier to boat transport. The seagulls in the backgroud were freaking out because of all the noise the foot pump makes. It actually sounds like a seagull. How lucky.

on deck

Just thought we should demontrate our boat's exterior layout with a microsoft paint schematic as well.

Simple Plan Drawings

Here are some simple plan drawings, more or less to scale. The pop-top gives about six feet of headroom in the majority of the main cabin. There is a storage compartment under the starboard bench in the cockpit as well as under all the seating in the cabin. A removable platform and the long port-side bench are connected to form one large bed. We need to mess with it, but the stove will be run off of small camping propane tanks. The head is yucky.

First round of cleaning

Ellie, Dave, Dan and I spent saturday taking care of the majority of the cleaning of the hull and cabin. It's amazing what people will do for a free beer. Anyhow, things are starting to come together. We pulled the carpet out and will find a suitable replacement. Removed a few of the old wooden parts to fix up as well. Yeee haw! More to come.

Act I: They Meet

So we bought a boat. Here's the first round of pictures Dave and I took of the outside of the mostly-yet unnamed '82 Balboa 24. Room for 6 to sail comfortably, 4 to sleep comfortably and maybe 10 to sit around and have a beer. He needs a bit of cleaning and some recovering of the original upholstery, and maybe a motor, but otherwise is ready to sail. Check the gold and orange main, there's a matching jib sail as well. Hunter and I have talked about designing a logo to screen print on the sails and the life jackets. Should be quite a looker when we are done. The last picture is of one of our neighbors 100 yards across the Sausalito channel. What a piece of junk.