Accommodation

Woodwork is Hallberg Rassy's usual high standard joinery. Cabin soles are varnished teak with inlaid holly strips, protected throughout with fitted carpet. Furnishings, bulkheads and cupboards are light, silk finish mahogany.

Here are pictures of Bluesipp, taken in 2014 / 2015,   starting in the forward cabin and moving aft:


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Forepeak

   This is the forward cabin with two single berths.    There is a triangular infill to convert them to a large double.

    Aft of the starboard berth is a vanity table with a large locker above and two drawers and locker below.

   The door can be closed to give privacy.

    Between the fore cabin and the saloon there is a wardrobe to starboard and the heads compartment to port.

                                      

                                                           

                                                           

The port berth has a reading lamp and fan.

Also a lee-cloth stowed below the mattress.

The starboard berth has a reading lamp.

Locker space in the cabin is exceedingly generous with vast stowage space below the berths for sails two heavy duty batteries and much more.

The large fore-deck hatch easily takes sail bags.

Above the berths and forward are personal lockers

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Heads

The heads seen through the hatch

And from the doorway

The control panel forward of the toilet controls the watermaker.

The watermaker pump and filters are below the wash basin.

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Main Cabin

Port side.

A good sea berth is created by raising the settee back. This reveals netting stowage for bedding plus  lee-cloth and at present flags and spare furnishing materials and sailcloth. Below the berth is the reserve diesel fuel tank. The reserve water tank is under the forward section of the settee.

The main diesel and water tanks are below the cabin sole.

The large lockers above the settee are all deep enough to take A4 sized files, Pilot books, Admiralty Almanacs and Tables etc.

The table contains a bottle stowage compartment.

Starbord side.

This berth is shorter than that on port but can be extended by lifting off the seat back on the forward bulkhead - creating a "trotter box" in the hanging locker. The lockers are similar to those on port and house a CD player with amplifier and mounted speakers.

As on the port side the settee back can be raised giving access to netting stowage.   This view shows the airtight stowage containers below the berth. The combined capacity is approx 180 litres. Access is also via hinged locker doors (hidden by the lee-cloth in this picture).

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Galley

A really well thought-out and secure working galley.  I bought webbing and fittings to make a belt for the cook in 1995 and still have not felt the need to fit it!  -  the peninsular cupboard at the right hand side of the picture provides excellent support and protection.

Cupboard space is very generous and just visible forward of the cooker is a set of four deep drawers.

We have added a salt water foot operated pump and a Hella fan.

The EPIRB and a fire blanket are mounted beside the companionway. 

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Navigation Area

This is the nav table showing the Yeoman chart plotter in use.  GPS data comes from the yellow Garmin GPS 60. Ship's position and puck position are also fed to the radar display.  This is an excellent system for long and medium range navigation and for route planning.  The desk can hold a large number of paper charts and also the notebook computer. (See below)
We tend to use the GarminGPSmap in the cockpit for day to day pilotage.

Also shown (from left to right) are:

VHF Handheld. ICOM IC-M72  (Submersible)

Adjustable Heller chart table lamp (red or white)
Navtex Pro Plus (NASA Marine) (The two black boxes below are part of the Sea-me active radar transponder which at present requires a replacement masthead unit)
SCS PTC-llpro   Pactor controller  
Raytheon R10XX Raster Scan Radar
Comar CSB200 Class B AIS Transponder
TrippLite Inverter 125 Watt
Multi display for wind, log and depth.


The elbow locker holds pilot books, equipment handbooks and the automatic vhf antenna switch for the AIS system.
Beneath the navigator's seat is a large locker which at present holds tools.

Here is the computer inside the desk.   It is connected to the main GPS, the AIS and to the Pactor.
It runs full navigation software with complete Cmap world charts.

And here is the nav area seen looking aft :

In addition to the equipment listed above this shows:

Maglite torch
Binocs stowage (easily reached from the cockpit)
Fan
Main electrical control panels
Icom MF/HF Marine Transceiver ( IC-M710 )

Also in the picture are two wardrobes. The nearer contains oilskins etc and the other is in the aft cabin and contains fairer weather clothing. 

Above the saloon port berth is a short and medium wave receiver.

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Aft Cabin

The after cabin contains a large double and a single berth. The single berth has a fitted lee-cloth.

In addition to the three windows shown here there is a large opening hatch overhead.
Stowage here is also huge!    Personal over-berth lockers to starboard and a full length shelf to port (The Walker log lives at the after end of the shelf and has never been used aboard Bluesipp).
The locker at the foot of the beds holds the automatic antenna tuning unit and RF choke  connected to the insulated back-stay.
Under the foot of the beds is the steering quadrant and the autopilot drive unit.
The mattresses are arranged to give easy access to the domestic and engine battery banks.

To see a summary of all the additional equipment in this cabin please refer to the "Amazing List" at the top of the left hand margin.