Here are some photos of Sea Venture as we work on her. Included is one of Michael standing beside the BIG boat when he first saw her in San Carlos, Mexico. The pilothouse photo is of a sister ship that was for sale in Sausalito. As you can see, the galley was built for tiny people. It's low, exposed--imagine working there as the seas beat around you--and has little storage. So, we're moving it to the lower salon. The port side of the lower salon wasn't particularly useful as designed (at least for us)--a small settee, a desk too far away from the navigation instruments, not comfortable for computer work. With the new galley, we'll have a place for the generator, plus lots of storage and countertop area and a new 10" deep double sink. The u-shape will hold me in when the going gets rough. We'll keep the refrigerator and freezer in the pilothouse (rebuilding both), and a 5' settee will go where the stove and sink were. Michael is also installing a new Lewmar hatch above the stove area, with 12-volt track lighting above the sink and the stove.
This is DC by night. Michael took it (he takes most of them) in December of 2004 when we spent Christmas with my mother.
The view from our home at Sleepy Creek in North Carolina.
This and the next two were taken from the cockpit of Sea Venture December 2005 as she sat in her slip in Delta Bay Marina, Isleton, CA
These were taken after a night of heaving to so we could enter La Paz by daylight. As you can see, the water's still a little fiesty. It got downright nasty during the night, and I was awfully glad we only had the mizzen and backed working jib, which kept things quiet and stable as the wind kicked up. After things quieted down toward dawn, I heard fascinating noises, which turned out to be dolphins blowing air and chatting among themselves. You can see photos of some of them on our website. They lept and danced around us as we plowed on toward our destination once Michael got the engine going again. We would have liked to sail more. but with transmission problems, the goal was to keep that iron genny going long enough to tie up at Marina de la Paz.
Here we are, anchored off San Carlos, Mexico, July 2004. As you see, we're still working on rigging issues--or maybe Michael (or Joshua--I don't remember whether Josh and Andrew hoisted Michael or Michael and Andrew hoisted Josh for this one!) was putting up the fuzz ball in case we ran into one of those chubascos (summer storms) when crossing the Sea. On top of the pilot house, you can see a package containing the new solar panels, which Michael installed later that week. (Wonderful things--work like a charm.)
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