Interior Features
Water tanks being built just forward of the mast. In this picture notice two tanks, port and starboard of 60 litres each. The baffles and breather hoses are also shown. If you look really carefully it is possible to see some weird knobbly bits in the corners of this space just above the tanks. These knobbly things are tie down points ready to install some netting for stowage later on.
The completed tanks plumbed and tested, ready to go cruising once the rest of the boat catches up. Note the access design includes commercial circular access hatches for filling, cleaning, and visual inspection. The larger hatch is sealed with silicone and not intended for frequent removal but allows access if serious repairs should ever be needed.
A Matt Layden style vent box being built astern (note transom and stern post). I have copied this idea from Matt's Paradox design. It works very well in the Paradox where it receives a good draft coming right off the main and further funneled in by the front of the cabin. Will it do any good as I have placed it in my Perigee? Time will tell.
Peeking through the deck beams and carlins one can see here the vent box with sides installed and painted through inside.
The completed vent box as seen from the main cabin looking aft. An optional cover can be dogged down over the circular opening visible here, which though it should never in theory be needed, will provide additional damage control options. The vent box itself is situated inside a watertight section of the hull which can be isolated from the rest of the boat.