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Santorini Original Condition
Starboard Profile
The center cockpit dodger is really high. 7 feet of headroom in the main cabin also makes for some high freeboard. Heh, she should be relatively dry in a seaway. Handsom Transom! Classic Bill Garden. That dodger is pretty high. Boat has leak in starboard tube. Appears repairable. Davits and stern rail in decent shape. Well placed over main companionway, includes all major functions. Fluxgate compass is a really nice feature, specially if the GPS signal is weak. Sloping hinged chart table has no fiddle. Everything just slides off. What were they thinking? Hinges down for access. Panel in decent shape. Wiring is very worked over, appears never to have been re-done from original. Most new equipment added on without any attempt at integration with existing. Galley includes refrigeration and freezer space, with twin sink, gimbled propane stove with oven, hot and cold pressure water and fresh water hand pump Looking forward into focsle. Cabin table lowers to make settee into double berth to port. Cable clamp comes up against stop in hard over position. Otherwise appears serviceable. Refrigeration Compressor belt drive upper center, sea water cooling water pump lower right, alternator at lower left.
Santorini Delivery Voyage to Vancouver
Fueling Up
At the fuel dock at the Ganges Marina, Ganges Harbour, Salt Spring Island, BC. After yesterday Gorgeous morning, light air, on our way to Active Pass Looks like power all the way at this point. No shortage of commercial traffic but no sailing craft in sight. After crossing English Bay, the Lions Gate Bridge is fast approaching with 4 knots of flood tide under us. This marks the southern entrance to Vancouver Harbour at First Narrows, right at the foot of Lions Gate Bridge. Spectacular view from the summit. The days are getting short. We are fortunate to have such a warm and easy crossing in early November. Love that Pacific North West climate. Spectacular early November weather for the crossing.
Rosemary Ruth, Pinky Schooner
Afloat, ready for rigging
Beautifully appointed by Port Credit Marine Services for Doug Gillis of Toronto Island. You can argue about the practicality, but the pinky stern has a universal aesthetic appeal, at least to this writer. The outboard rudder presents a problem for a seagoing steering arrangement, particularily if wheel steering is a requirement. Complete with fisherman staysail, she looks her traditional best on a summer afternoon, full crew aboard. Still looking pretty 20 years later She looks like she might be motor-sailing in this view Nice sailing breeze on a fine day. Maybe not everyone In the mist shrouded Catskills, somewhere near Kingston, NY. Pretty under sail or alongside, the pinky is always an eyecatcher. Near her original territory, the Pinky really looks at home
Old Steel Fuel Tank Removed
Aft end of tank in original position
The original large steel diesel tank was abandoned by the previous owner but never removed. Much of the original piping was still connected including the fill and vent to the deck The abandoned tank fills the main bilge area from immediately in front of the engine forward to midships. It extends under the main cabin sole making removal a significant undertaking. The tank extends under the cabin sole on both sides, and is under the sole beams. Removing it will require cutting it up into small enough pieces to slide out from under the sole. Using a 5 inch high speed angle grinder and 1MM cutoff wheels, the top was cut out and removed in three pieces. Then the remaining body of the tank was cut carefully into 4 sections for removal  The badly deteriorated bottom and aft end had started to delaminate. Inside, the tank bottom was covered with the accumulated dirt and sludge of 35 years of use. Good riddance. Removing the tank revealed decades of oil sludge and sediment from many oil changes that had obviously spilled into the bilge. The inaccessible underside of the tank made a perfect catch basin for the congealed mess. Cleaning consisted of scraping up inc The bilge sup, associated pumps and the front end of the engine compartment with wiring and plumbing now accessible. Removing the tank revealed several other pieces of abandoned wiring, bilge ventilation and piping. The question now is, what to use all t