Sunday, 28 July 2013


Some shots of the aft deck area and shows the new dodger installed on the bottom half of the stern rail.  Deck here is about to be re-planked in teak and as you can see, is still a work in progress.


 Shows the new dodger from astern.  Not so sure about the white rope.

Another shot of the new biminis and the dodger.  That cusioned area up behind the helm chair is about as good a place as you can imagine to kick back with a crisp dry Margaret River SSB.

This is the view of the new galley from the saloon.  Port side and shows what you can achieve when you get rid of that space occupying diesel engine.  The floor is to be planked with West Australian Red Gum with white caulking.  Those new steps and bench edge trims are from the same timber.

Another shot of the galley. Small fridge, galley basin in the middle and gymbled stove with nice island bench where the motor used to be.  Awaiting teak louvred door on cupboard below the sink.

Looking thru saloon to the new galley.

 The new nav desk now on the starb'd side.  Chart drawer built in.

Another shot of the nav desk and note the width of the steps.  Moving that freezer closer to the hull opened up tha space and allowed me to open that entry way right up.

Saloon area taken from the galley and looking through in to the forward 'Masters' cabin.  The table is on a telescopic pedestal and also slides sideways.  Can be pushed down to make that port side lounge in to a queen sized bed.  12V television with built in DVD player mounted above stbd bunk.  What's not so obvious are the tiny Bose cube speakers up in the corners.  Cranked up with Jimmy Buffett music it sounds jast great.

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

 The latest shots of Serenity at home.  This is the North side of a jetty facing west.  The bad weather, when it comes, comes from the north and pushes us against the jetty.  Wind pressure on the spars creates quite a lean.  One week after this photo was taken a storm blew in from the north with gusts up to 50kts.  Ripped off about 6m of the port cap rail.  Oh well, it is a B.O.A.T.
You can see the new bimini cover.  It starts about 400mm forward of the mizzen mast.  Large zippered panel gives access to the mizzen boom.  Two panels aft can be folded back when we set the mizzen.  That storm didn't even flap the canvas.

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Here we are at the jetty.  Home base. Since I posted the last photo I had a bit of a misshap that stalled all work on Serenity but now just getting back in to it.  Both masts stepped and balanced. Main mast chain plates well and truly water proofed with good ol' Sikka where they come thru the deck and my lady is patiently waiting for sails.  You can see that the bow thruster tunnel us prety much under water.  Once the main sail and jib get loaded the water line will be true.