Built in flat-panel GRP foam sandwich, with black & white gel finish, she is 32feet on deck (+rudders) x20feet oa beam(!) quite an extreme configuration at that time. each hull has a "wing" projection inboard, to which the bridgedeck (effectively a large monocoque box-beam) is bolted. additionally, she has two huge alloy crossbeams from an Edel cat... >11x9", & firmly bolted into snug beam-troughs on a bed of sikaflex, upon which are stepped the masts of her ketch rig. 4" round alloy netting beams at bow & stern. The forestay, & genoa roller gear (profurl) are taken to the bow netting beam, & the loads handled by more 4" tubing forming a compression strut/walkway, & also by an inverted 'V' seagull-striker in stainless, with integral fairleads for ground tackle. The front of the bridgedeck moulding curves up to deck level ,incorporating two large anchor lockers, under a flat deck forward of the main-mast. Both bow & stern have netting between the hulls, extending 2metres from netting beam to bridgedeck moulding. Abaft the mainmast is a 2metre long bridgedeck cabin, with a 6' 6"x2' bunk with sitting headroom, either side of a 4' x3' chart table, with chart drawer under..... Oh! except the starboard bunk was in constant use for sail-stowage, so I installed a divider, & it's now a snug 2-seat settee, & permanent sail-bin. There is a sliding hatch, from a Tiki 26, which gives access to the foot of the mainmast, & foredeck. Doors from the bridgedeck cabin open into a deep, wide, & protected cockpit, with nearly 6' long benches either side, with raked backrests to shoulder height ( the inboard faces of the hull "wings") Lewmar 600mm hatches & washboards give access from this cockpit to the hulls..... one to port, & two to starboard. The port hull has a sleeping cabin , with 6'6"x 52"(@head) double bunk, wardrobe forward, stowage under, & a dressing space aft, incorporating a 27" wide seat, & standing headroom of 5'10". The "wing" forms a bedside shelf. Also in the port hull, is the galley, U shaped with gas cooker (two ring, grill, & oven) set against the aft full bulkhead, There is a deep sink inboard, with fresh & salt water delivered by Whale "flipper" pumps, adjacent large work-surface, with rubbish bin under, & a longer, but narrower work-surface outboard, with stowage under. The galley furniture is all from GRP sub-mouldings, The bunk-tops glassed-over ply. To Starboard, the sleeping cabin is a mirror image of the port hull, but has a door into the en-suite head & shower compartment, neatly forming a self-contained "guest-suite".... when we have guests, we use a porta-potti in the port after locker.... this has crouching headroom only, is watertight, & accessed through a Lewmar 600 deck hatch..... this locker is also the fender & paint store, & incorporates a separate sealed buoyancy tank.... as do the other 4 "corners" of the boat. Anyone paying attention will have spotted that there's another accommodation space, as yet un-described! A fourth Lewmar 600 with washboard opens from the cockpit, abaft a full watertight bulkhead, into the starboard stern. this cabin was conceived as a workshop/single sleeping cabin, & has bench, vice, standing headroom (6'6", I think) & a bunk-top tapering right into the stern, about 8' long. It hasn't been slept in for a long time, though, there's no longer a mattress, & it's full of tools & spares! Originally rigged "tiki-style" with sleeved luffs, & short gaffs on both masts, we have found that for ocean voyaging, she is so easily driven as to need the full gaff mainsail only rarely. Therefore, we have converted to a staysail ketch rig, setting the mizzen staysail on a roller gear (flexifurl), & a "fisherman" main above, sheeted to the mizzen masthead. This has proved quite an improvement, with which we are delighted. The other main departure from original as-launched spec, was the addition of a permanent hard bimini-top, giving shade & shelter to the cockpit, & the accommodation hatches.... these are now almost never closed at sea.

The hard-top (we call it "the shed" ) has flexible windows all round, & at sea they tend only to be fitted to weather, & could, in theory, be removed to reduce windage. in practice, however, if it's that windy, you're glad of all the protection you can find! They've withstood 160km/hr winds for 3 hours, (in harbour) & we were very glad of 'em! On passage, in practice, "the shed" means almost never needing oilskins ..... twice, I think, on our last Atlantic crossing!.... compared with almost constantly on our first, & open hatches instead of constantly closed ones.

The engine is a 9.9 Yamaha 4stroke, good for either6-7knots, or 1litre/hour but not both! it lives in a vee'd nascelle under a hatch in the engine box, which spans the back of the cockpit, & also houses 8x25 litre jerry-cans.... a ninth forms the plumbed in tank to the galley, & allows constant monitoring of both quality & quantity of water..... a system that has proved excellent, & which we shall use again.

"bananaboot" folding tender