Wednesday, 25 February 2026

 Outside/Inside of 2 piece Companionway
- Boat Ghetto Blaster


Here is the promised view of the complete 2 piece companionway from the outside and the inside - the lower piece has a mount for the Silva 70 compass.





and I made a Japanese Cedar 12V "ghettoblaster" as well as FM radio it also plays MP3s from USB and SD


as Renaud from the 580 Capucinette says  - if you want to go fast you have your food, water, suncream in the cockpit and HANDSTEER listening to music.




Monday, 23 February 2026

 Twin Mainsheet -
Companionway washboard Portlight 

Here is the twin mainsheet installed - I have used this on my previous boats and it works really well, and it cancels out the need for a traveller. It also clears the cockpit and also enables the boom to be held in position. I may also add a boombrake system to "brake the boom" if needed later - I have a system that I used on my previous boat that slows the boom as you tack/gybe using blocks and an endless line to slow the booms travel, and also have an aluminium "figure 8 climbing descender" to use as a brake as well so there are 2 choices for that system I will use the best after trying and testing them. the only thing is they add extra "knitting" to the system.







and the top part of the two piece washboard gets a portlight



the way the bottom half closes



the 2 piece companionway washboards will be used when it is not neccesary to use
the one piece hatch that lives under the hatch garage/spraydodger

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