Good first night out. I'm sure you'll work out the "bugs". I chose the CIY for several reasons, one being the sleeping platform. I've yet to use it and don't have any pics of it since the boat has been finished. But here are a few taken during construction.
Taken from the stern. You can see the lip around the cockpit that the platform will rest on.
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Taken from the bow with the platform raised.
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Here's one with a 2-man tent erected. It's a free-standing tent with the door in the end. It also has a rainfly. One thing that I'll have to allow for is the boom, yard and sail setting on the seats. The tent will have to be set up over those with them set off the one side. There's enough extra material in the tent that I think it will work. I may end up sewing some darts in the tent to tighten it up, especially in the back where the platform is a little narrower than the tent.
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I'm eager to try it out.
BTW: I'm from VA. and lived in MD from '81-98. Wasn't sailing in those days, but have since made one trip to the Bay in 2000. Launched from Deale. Only anchored out one night in Fox Creek off the Rhode River. I had planned the trip for the time of the tall ship parade celebrating the new millenium but the trip got delayed and we missed it.
Here's a pic of a pic that I took the morning in the anchorage. There is a deer in the pic. Kinda hard to pic out but was a memorable moment.
I've enjoyed your thread. The Phoenix/First Mate was on my short list of possible builds.
Good luck with your mods!
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