![]() Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving Videos.Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving.Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal National Lifeboat Institution.Canadian Coast Guard Canadian Coast Guard.Royal National Lifeboat Institution Videos.I should also maybe mention that while we will putter around in the Gulf Islands for the next few years, its easy to do that in sustained flat water, especially in the summer (we had a sailboat here for a few years and there's often no wind, combined with little fetch) and our eventual plan is to ship Luja to Europe to do the inland canals, so while we are building her for here, to a point, a lot of design choices are looking forward to that. don't look too carefully Below that are a couple of recent photos of the front seating area and hatches.and a gratuitous battery shot-we're hoping all that weight low and centred does a little bit to help with roll. and be mostly covered with a big bbq bolted into a frame. It's soft tile (limestone or something) so it will sand right enough. I also only have that in-progress shot of the BBQ area.It looks much better now grouted and feathered in to the paint job, but I did do a bit of a shocking job on the tile (all those compound curves did me dirty). I had a quick look and couldn't find better/more recent photos so you'll just have to trust the aft looks much better now.the door has been powder coated and corners have rads now and weather stripping and all the fibreglass is faired in (and painted). There's a removable swim grid but when it's on it puts us over our slip limit so we have it off for now. We don't have a back cockpit, but we do have a back door (accessed easily via the walkway we put on) and a BBQ cove (we're putting in a small big green egg, one of the kamado-style smoker BBQs). I think in a rough anchorage I'd either be tempted to clip a jack line along the side rail or just drop through the hatch onto our bed. We can access from the front if at a dock, through the forepeak hatches that are just aft of the seat and eventually will add some mast steps or something on the side in conjunction with the stainless rails to scramble up that way. ![]() we're the couple in the article they linked to, -not sure if you meant us, but we are putting hand rails all along the side of the walkway we're just waiting for our next haulout to bed them in properly. that's our sistership.pretty identical to Luja when we bought her. Here's a picture of the exterior as she stands nowįun to see the other projects and how everyone is converting theirs!Ĭlick to expand. I'm allowed to promote our youtube channel, we're pretty far behind in the build, but you can see what we've been up to: /livingonalifeboat. Our design works really well for the batteries because we had a HUGE bilge that's big enough for them all to run down the very middle and very bottom of the boat (we've glassed in a more reasonable sized actual bilge at the aft of the boat). I'm also putting in tile floors, we're building with heavier materials, etc. ![]() We're an electric conversion so we have 16 x 200ah lead carbon batteries which adds about 2000lbs. Given SOLAS regs would have that weight at 10,000lbs and change, we are definitely adding weight where we can to bring her back down to her more desired waterline. Methinks 800 pounds water and anchors are heavier than the genset.Ĭlick to expand.I can't entirely comment because we haven't done sea trials with her yet, but our lifeboat is 28' and designed for 60 people. Your water ballast could be say a 100 gallon water tank with two pumps. Then the aux tank and a water ballast forward will help. Then open a small area of fordeck, even a hatch window may allow you to hook a mooring ball or fuss with anchor. I'd be cutting in a small fordeck.Īnd you could also water ballast. Of course this means you have some access probably to the bow, but might want for tying up and mooring or anchor work anyhow. Walking the catch thru thr living area, not so much. Not sure if you plan to fish, but livewells also add lots of weight. At a minimum some lifelines for sure for areas of maintenance.Īn anchor locker and chain forward will add weight.Īn extra fuel tank adds range and weight. The roof needs to be a rare piece of the effort. Many falls result in getting impaled or brain or spinal cord injuries. My primary concern with the vessel was that it looked unsafe to be atop, or to get atop, so it may sound mean, but I am not surprised you fell.
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