Sleeps six in three cabins: twin berths forward, pilot berth midships, double and pilot berth aft. In addition, the saloon settee has a lee-cloth for use as an extra visitor's berth. The interior is finished to high standard in varnished mahogany, throughout. All cushions are atractively covered. All bunk mattresses are covered with 13oz Vivatex waterproof, mildew resistant canvas, with zippers. Double berth has two custom-made innerspring mattresses placed side by side.
Navigation station has ample stowage for pilots and charts. Chart table is sized to accommodate a full-sized BA chart unfolded.
Separate galley, with serving hatch to main saloon. Dickenson diesel cooking stove, with oven. Ice chest with 60 lb ice capacity, and triple that volume for food storage. Stainless steel sink and drainer, tiled surround. Salt and fresh-water supply to sink.
All interior joinery is solid tongue and groove Honduras Mahogany with the exception of one portion of main cabin, which is African Mahogany. Cabin soles are tongue and groove 1.75" Honduras mahogany. Structural bulkheads are 1.75" mahogany. Remainder of joinery is not less than 3/4", and much of it 1" mahogany. Berth bottoms, settee bottoms, and shelving are all marine plywood 1/2" and 3/4" thick. Hull is fully insulated.
All berths have individual dorade ventilators, directly to each berth. All compartments, including heads, lazarette, and chain locker are ventilated via dorade vents. 22 opening rectangular portholes with screens, and four round portholes in the scuttles, all with armoured glass. All locker door and separation doors, except engine room doors, are basket woven, of mahogany, giving excellent ventilation. There are also two basket woven doors leading to the rope locker and one to the lazarette. All upper panels in the companionway doors are louvered and screened.The forward cabin has an aluminium hatch for ventialtion and access. The main saloon has a hinged skylight, of teak. Engine room and lazarette have natural light via prisms.
Divided lockers for storage are under all settees in the main cabin, and in the bilge under all the cabin sole. In the lazarette are four lockers and two shelves.
Pilot house is of wood construction, 7'6" wide, 6' headroom, overall length inside approx 8'. It is fitted with four seats, capable of seating six persons. There are four opening windows, and two doors, one port, one starboard. A typing and writing table which locks into the starboard door and overhead is stowed behind the seat while underway. The VHF, controls for navigation lights, and horn, are installed on the overhead, accessible to the helmsman. Engine controls and wheel are between the after seats. The compass is mounted in a binnacle, separate and forward of the wheel.
Built and fitted out by
Heads are Simson Lawrence Kentigern, 3" pumps, all bronze workings, no joker valves. All water intakes have individual strainers.
Compass Sestral Binnacle 13501/V
Log Stowe TL327
Sextant Plath 53657 34293
VHF Motorola Modar 55-75 640455 WRA4663
Compass Weems Hand-Bearing
Binoculars Selsi 7x50
Five Fire Extinguishers, dry powder ABC
Barometer Sestrel Aneroid
Quartz bulhead-mounted Chronometer
Ships clocks: Eight day Sestral in saloon; Eight day, striking, Seth Thomas in after cabin.
Fog Bell, Bronze
Danbuoy afterguard
Air Horn with its own compressor
Full set of international signal flags
Life vests,
2 horseshoe life buoys with lights
Mooring lines and warps
Bulwarks, double safety lines with chain gates on 1" dia. solid stanchions, hand rails and safety rails on cabin tops.
Spares for engine, stove, pumps, lights, etc.
Boathooks, Flares, lead line, etc.