Dreams do come true!
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:00 pm
It has been my life's dream to build a boat and take it around the world. It is nearly finished and with a little help from my friends cancer couldn't even stop this one! I have to do the rigging and she's ready to be commissioned. See ya on the water!
Specs; 45' with a 13' beam, 6' draft, 50' sail steps onto the deck, 49,000 lb displacement, 9,000 lbs ballast epoxied into the keel. Center cockpit offers a lot more room in the aft qtrs, the main salon has 7' 4" of headroom! I'll post some shots of the deck after this weekend, got to finish up the non skid.
The engine is a Vetus diesel, Edson steering, I just couldn't see taking any shortcuts because this is my retirement home!
She was origionally going to be a cutter but I will be doing a lot of sailing alone and a sloop is just easier to manage.
Specs; 45' with a 13' beam, 6' draft, 50' sail steps onto the deck, 49,000 lb displacement, 9,000 lbs ballast epoxied into the keel. Center cockpit offers a lot more room in the aft qtrs, the main salon has 7' 4" of headroom! I'll post some shots of the deck after this weekend, got to finish up the non skid.
The engine is a Vetus diesel, Edson steering, I just couldn't see taking any shortcuts because this is my retirement home!
She was origionally going to be a cutter but I will be doing a lot of sailing alone and a sloop is just easier to manage.