Had a team conference call meeting this morning.
My co-skipper on the phone.
He is feeling bad cause he is unable to help with the jobs lists. So he is offering some advice......... . By submitting his list of "must have" creature comforts for the cockpit!
1. The cockpit seats must be comfortable.
Okay, we'll take some cushions.
2. The cockpit must be comfortable for steering from EITHER side.
Okay, the cockpit on this boat (like most boats I know), are both side, same, same.
3. He wants to be able to stand and steer in comfy.
Okay, just mind the liferaft at your feet and you should be okay. (and the boom above your head).
4. He wants support for his back while steering.
Okay, I'll take one of those cheap white plastic deck chairs, cut of the legs and mount it on a piece of marine ply, will that do? Just like on the Mini transat boats?
5. He wants a place in the cockpit for the person on stand-by to be able to have a kipp.
Okay, but the "person on stand- by" is going to be me, the only other person onboard. I offer to make a little plywood infill for the forward cockpit and I will kipp there, on some of the cushions mentioned in 1. I should be comfy.
But I go one better for him. I tell him he can put the boat on autopilot when HE is on watch and HE can kipp there and be his own "stand-by". He likes that idea.
6. Oh, he also wants a shady spot in the cockpit.
Okay, I'm gonna cut up an old Finn dinghy mainsail I still have from.....you guess it, my Finn, and make a cockpit shady from that. I offered him a choice. Old Finn sail, or old Mirror dinghy sail. We both agree we'll go for the Finn sail. More class!
Moer, is this guy on the wrong boat?
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