non-standard interior

Hi Don-

Yes, the berth terminates at the bulkhead. We had initially done a more
traditional v-berth, with the bunk going all the way across the bulkhead and
across the opening, but that was a pain getting in and out of bed.

We have a windlass (manual - a wonderful piece of gear!) that is mounted
through the bowsprit, forward of the bitts.

I’d be happy to shoot a camera the next time we go down to the boat and send
it to you. 12 or 24 (or whatever number those things come in)? Forward your
address and I’ll get myself organized … . I’ll take pictures of all we have
talked about and any other interesting ideas . . . Jeremy built our table
and did a fabulous job - if you have any particular requests pass 'em on.
We’ll probably not go down for a few weeks (work schedule and fixing the
forward hatch), so don’t look for them tomorrow - I’ll let you know when I
have completed the task.

Where do you live? Are you close enough to come by and take a look?

Cheers,

Nica

Thank you Nica

You wouldn’t believe how helpful it is to have photographs in hand. I was
blessed while I was visiting Roger in Costa Mesa. He allowed me an hour or
so alone on board Seraffyn, camera in hand. In the time alloted I shot up a
camera and half of another not knowing just what I’d need but trying to
photograph from a builders perspective. Then I did an exterior detail
session of Mike Pearsons Metaphoria. Those photographs taken during that
trip have been invaluable for details you just don’t think about until
later. They allow you to see different ways of doing things that aren’t
published in any book and that might not occur to you. Larry Pardey’s method
of building a hatch for example. He used solid teak planks with cedar
splines and two plank backbones laterally across the top for rigidity…a
totally different method than the one used by Tom and Dick at Sam L Morse.
Both are elegant and viable solutions. I’ve just about worn my copies of the
Pardey videos out freeze framing through step by step hunting for tidbits
that have nothing to do with the story line. But that is just one boat. One
could look at a hundred different boats and learn something new and useful
from each of them.

Specific areas of interest for me include;

  • general layout of the interior, what you like and what you would change if
    you could wave a magic wand.
  • details of how you arranged your chain locker and how the chain arrives
    there through the deck. Do you get mud in your
    bunk when recovering your ground tackle? Did you arrange a drain into the
    holding tank to catch the runoff from the chain?
  • details of your cabin sole. I love the plank system used on Seraffyn and
    Taleisin, and I’ve never had the opportunity to look
    up really close at how Sam L. Morse did their teak overlay on top of the
    plywood. The fast and dirty way to do it is just to
    buy teak and holly plywood…but that in my mind is taking the easy way
    out.
  • I’d like to see how Jeremy did that table to compare it with the table
    Larry built. Jury is still out on whether I’ll even HAVE a
    table. The hide away slide out “cutting board” underneath the
    companionway seemed very functional on both the Falmouth
    cutter and Seraffyn.
  • Close up details of your companionway and scuttlehatch joinery both
    interior and exterior views both open and closed.
    both the framework and hatches themselves.
  • What kind of system do you use underneath the cushions of your vee berth
    and your setees. Was it cleats and planks or
    plywood with cubbyholes cut out. How do you like your system and how good
    is the access. The Pardeys use loose planks
    which provide good access but must SEATBELT the cushions in place to keep
    the locker contents in the locker should they
    experience another knockdown…that was a lesson learned the hard way.
  • details of finish trim. ESPECIALLY on curved surfaces such as the
    passageway through the main bulkhead.

…and a million other things I’ll not think of till later.

The irony is you can sit in your boat for years and years and never even see
this kind of stuff. You never notice it until it causes a fuss. (the leaky
scuttlehatch dripping on your bunk) But this was one of the main reasons I
wanted to build in the
first place. No one knows a boat better than the one who built her.

My address is Donald Kircher 1320 W Voorhis Ave Deland FL 32720. (near
Daytona). I could possibly shoot up to Virginia
from where I live if I could do it without being underfoot. I’m planning a
trip up that way to visit a pick-it-yourself lumberyard
in North Carolina (teak for as little as 3 dollars per board foot!) and
could possibly extend a bit further up your way

regards

Don / Kokopelli
on the banks of the old Saint Johns

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Hi Don-

Yes, the berth terminates at the bulkhead. We had initially done a more
traditional v-berth, with the bunk going all the way across the bulkhead
and
across the opening, but that was a pain getting in and out of bed.

We have a windlass (manual - a wonderful piece of gear!) that is mounted
through the bowsprit, forward of the bitts.

I’d be happy to shoot a camera the next time we go down to the boat and
send
it to you. 12 or 24 (or whatever number those things come in)? Forward
your
address and I’ll get myself organized … . I’ll take pictures of all we
have
talked about and any other interesting ideas . . . Jeremy built our table
and did a fabulous job - if you have any particular requests pass 'em on.
We’ll probably not go down for a few weeks (work schedule and fixing the
forward hatch), so don’t look for them tomorrow - I’ll let you know when I
have completed the task.

Where do you live? Are you close enough to come by and take a look?

Cheers,

Nica