MAYAN is a mess right now, with Ruben hard at work putting the port passageway berth in, Wayne building the head space, and me tearing out the stb side of the main saloon. After weeks and weeks of infrastructure stuff, like new exhaust systems, wiring, refrigeration, etc... none of which shows any progress to the uninitiated after the lockers are closed, it is wonderful to see the chips fly!!
Here is Ruben looking forward into the forepeak from the place where the passageway head used to be. Before "El Destructo" went after it (that's me) this is the place where MAYAN had her head. This opening will allow the foot well of the berth to protrude into the forepeak and reach the required 6'6" that our sons demand. There will be a hatch in the foot of the berth so that fresh air can flow through. (I hate quarter berths that don't have a vent in the foot well - too damn hot.) Also, as The Admiral pointed out, the munchkins who will inhabit the forepeak will have a lot of fun tickling the toes of the person sleeping in that berth and crawling through the foot well hatch!
Below is the space where the head used to be. Originally, as seen in earlier pictures, I was going to refinish the long leaf yellow pine ceiling material as I did in the forepeak. But after taking some time away from the project I noticed that the wood had an odor (Damn leaking heads). I had attributed that to the plumbing for the head, but alas that wasn't the source. Various leaks over the years had saturated some of the wood with foul stuff (don't ask) and the smell was coming from the grain of the wood. Rather than strip and sand it all, which would have required at least a week, I tore it all out (took 5 hours). Rubin will install a Alaskan yellow cedar ceiling this coming week (in fact he's probably got it done by now). Smell gone and replaced by the nice fragrance of cedar. One third the work and a better result.
Meanwhile, Wayne has been milling the wood with which to build the interior bits. Here's a stack of milled "rails" for the raised paneling and doors. Also a door jam and a few other bits in the making.
Here's a pile of the "stiles" (the bits that go between the "rails". Together then surround the "panel" that will be machined to have that nice raised panel look. All the joints will be mortise and tendon, pinned with trunels.
Meanwhile, back in the main saloon, El Destructo has been removing the stb settee and cupboards. In the picture below, the large space (6'6") on the right is where the berth used to be. We will move the berth forward and inboard, putting storage behind, so it can serve as a settee for the saloon. It'll be long enough to be a berth, keeping in mind Mr. Perry's missive to allow a space where women can curl their legs up and read. This should be about the best reading spot aboard when on port tack. Above the back rest for the settee will be raised panel doors and in the center of the row will be some leaded glass doors to break up the monotony of all the wood. Back aft we'll put in a small flat work space. It can serve as a chart table, for the rare occasion that we need to look at paper charts, but it's primary purpose will be as a stand up desk just below the main companionway. above and outboard of the work space will be doors that hide the RADAR and other instruments. (No electronics in view on MAYAN.) We've nixed the quarter berth under the chart table idea as we want the space for storage of wet sailing gear. There will be a powered fan in a vent, drain/pump and hot plumbing in there to get rid of water and dry things out quickly.
In the forward section you'll notice that somewhere along the circuitous course MAYAN has sailed weights were added to her starboard side. Our guess is that these were added when the Yanmar generator engine was added to keep MAYAN on her lines. We're pondering removing these and adding some more battery capacity on the starboard side. No sense in hauling around lead unless it's doing something helpful!
Next week should see a lot of "visible" progress, as opposed to invisible progress we've been making. It will also see the arrival of the sails on Wednesday and Thursday - which I'm really looking forward to!! The booms and lower 6' of the spars have been painted and the fitting remounted, read to have nu-suls bent to them. We'll get to go sailing on Thursday!!!
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