Remember cap’n John? Well, he’s gone and done it now and bought himself a twenty-seven foot sailboat.

I went with him to Stockton to take a look. Pretty cool she is too. Though the high temperatures were not conducive to squirreling around in a boat that wasn’t near the cooling effect of a large body of water. The heat wasn’t very good for taking pictures either – the viewfinder fogged up and to be honest the heat inside – more like a sauna – meant I rushed things a bit. Outside the sun was bright making chimping impossible.

Besides having great fun peering into all the lockers and trying to work out what the various fittings and gizmos did, we also dropped off a locker at the marina pontoon where the boat will be kept. That gave us an excuse to examine all the other boats to see how they tied them up. Chain and rope seems to be the order of the day.

I also ought to mention that John treated me to lunch at the Red Barn in Stockton‡, (thanks John!) very yummy it was too – I had a burger, fries and the pleasure of being dripped on from the condensation forming on a very welcome overhead air conditioning vent.

Sitting pretty on the grass – next stop the yard for a paint job.

Sitting pretty on the grass – next stop the yard for a paint job.

Looking at the stern – there’s a great little platform and seats molded into the transom. There’s also a shower fitting here too.

Danger! Low flying winged keel. Lots of weight and not a lot of draft.

Looking aft at the cockpit. The wheel is exchangeable – there’s a much bigger wheel if it is needed.

No excuses for getting lost – there’s a depth sounder and GPS too.

Engine controls by the wheel.

Looking forward two twin berths and a double berth up in the pointy bit.

Looking forward two twin berths and a double berth up in the pointy bit.

View in the cabin looking aft

Looking forward from the aft double berth – it’s under the cockpit.

Looking forward – the head is on the left and the galley on the right.

Radio receiver, CD Player and VHF, Oh my! To the right, another electrical control panel.

ISBE (In Sail Boat Entertainment) 🙂

And a VHF Marine radio – the aerial is loose in the cabin instead of connected to the mast.

I’ve no idea what this gizmo is. To the left the battery electrical panel.

All mod-cons

Combined shower head and faucet in the ‘head’

‡Unfortunately the Google maps imagery of the area is too blurry to jog my memory as to what the establishment is called and they’ve not registered with Google places so it’s not marked on the map. Take note people, if you have a business at least register its location with Google – you never know when someone might want to mention you!

Update: however, John does recall the name of the restaurant, so I’ve updated the post. John either has a better memory than I do, or he visits his boat too often.