These photos were taken in 2004 at the marina in Townsville. Come aboard for a look around.
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Approaching illywhacker you will see the exotic bowsprit, the first of many items on deck custom-built in stainless steel by our friend Chris Therin.
Also visible are the 2 most deployed anchors - a
65lbCQR on the starboard side and a Fisherman's to port.
Note the big white summer awning - it stretches fore
and aft, keeps us cool and catches lots of rainwater |
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Our favourite spot to sit on passage is in the comfortable pulpit seat - it's designed to suit a human frame.
Rails are made of solid 11/4" ss tubing.
A snubber attached to the bobstay tang is ready for use as a shock absorber for the chain. |
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The foredeck has an integrated layout with a stainless Samson post, electric anchor windlass and inner forestay tang. The grp windlass cover has a solar fan designed to draw air from the fwd cabin lockers, chain locker and from the large bow storage locker above. |
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The
hard dinghy mounts on permanent chocks facing down as
shown or upright to catch water for a bath or rope washing
etc. It covers the fwd cabin hatch which can remain open
for circulation in the rain. |
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illywhacker has
a deckbox built around the saloon hatch (left). The port
side shown here contains the 150m parachute anchor rode
which is also used for deep water anchoring, while the
starboard side has mooring lines, tieup chain lengths,
shackles and misc deck lines. |
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The
aft deck also has a comfortable seat with 150m of floating
line for stern-to mooring. The aft 35lb CQR anchor is
shown on the pt side. The dinghy davits are also used
for mounting the 60W solar panel, whip and GPS antennae
as well carrying the mizzen sheet track. |
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Looking fwd from aft deck into the cockpit (left) under the Summer awning. Aft cabin hatch and 6-man liferaft shown. |
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Looking
aft in the cockpit. It's all about comfort - note; sitting
space not cluttered with winches or cleats, comfortable
cushions, sloping seatbacks form the coaming with lockers,
deep floor for optimum legroom, cockpit table, rope locker
access hole for loose sheets. illywhacker has
access to the aft cabin from here, note the insect-net
washboard aft. |
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Looking fwd from under the solid doghouse through the opening hatches. The washboard locker over the main companionway hatch also houses the nav computer. Performance instruments, rudder indicator and VHF remote mount from the deckhead in a removable console. |
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are 5 screened cockpit ports venting the galley and areas
below. The water filler is shown right in the cockpit
floor which slopes aft to twin 75mm drains. Both the
deck and cockpit have decktread surfaces - the best wearing
non-skid material ever! |
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Descending below decks this photo looks from the galley (portside) across to the aft nav seat and drinks refrig. 8 steps down to the saloon are necessary to achieve 2m headroom. Galley storage drawers are under the steps, the engine-driven heater outlet and the lower left corner of the AC electrical panel are visible to the right.
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The
fwd saloon bulkhead is lined with bookshelves. The fold-out
LCD screen is a 12V TV and also connects to the media
computer.
This arrangement has ben replaced - see new computer arrangement |
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Looking from saloon to galley showing part of the 3-bowl sink, gimballed microwave /convection oven and separate refrig and freezer. Shelves above have acryllic doors. There is a full length recessed shelf to the rear of the galley along the port side. |
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The
saloon table is strong enough to sit on! A 1000l water
tank beneath the saloon floor is integral with the hull.
Storage drawers under both seat sqabs and accessible
storage under and behind all of the fitout.
illywhacker has almost 200
storage lockers, drawers or compartments. No wonder we
can't find anything! |
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The modified car seat shown left faces the nav table (not visible here). There is a similar chair facing aft - his and her's nav table access! The media computer is fwd of the instruments shown. |
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Looking
thru the door behind the nav chair is the Navigator's
berth (shown below) - underneath the berth are batteries,
inverter, isolating transformer, first aid storage and
the aft air conditioner shown right. |
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The Navigators berth is the Skipper's favourite at sea. A lee cloth extends from under the hull side up via the leeboard to hooks overhead. |
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The
aft cabin has storage drawers under the innerspring mattresses.
Emergency tiller shown mounted aft - rudder stock is
under the mattress. A large lazarette accessed from deck
is behind the rear wall.
The aft head is to the right, shown below. |
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The
after head has a shower and toilet with storage behind
and beside the head. Access doors to both heads are
bifold, running on tracks. They are designed to keep
water in and make for an easy entry. |
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The
fwd cabin has a double and a single berth which converts
to a large, stand-up workbench. Behind the mirrored
doors fwd is the large anchor/ stowage locker. The fwd head (not shown) has a shower and toilet and
also houses a washing machine. Another air conditioning
unit is located in an insulated locker beneath the
double bunk, supplying cool air to this cabin and the
saloon. |
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cockpit floor was removed for the photo at left showing
the stand-up (almost) engine room. The 240V refr compressor
and components mounts on the small work bench at left
(aft), the main engine is at centre and the 8KW generator
in it's insulated enclosure at right. Beneath the main
engine is an exhaust mixer built in to the hull, a 400l
fuel tank and a 350l waste holding tank. There is a 600l
fuel tank beneath the generator. All tanks, including
the 1000l water tanks (2) under the saloon sole, are
inside the keel. This is a tremendous advantage for a
cruising boat, since under-bunk storage is entirely for
supplies etc and not tankage. |
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This
photo shows the 80l daytank and access door to
the engine room, all of which is heavily insulated so
that generator noise is almost unnoticeable when running. |
