The port quarter cabin, which features pipe-style upper and lowers berths, will do double duty as a workroom. The deck features a two-level cockpit. The aft portion is raised for visibility and the forward section drops down a step for protection under the hard dodger. Seat backs are deep in this area with the seatings all on one level. I chose two carbon fiber wheels to open up the cockpit area and provide easy access to the swim step.
Side decks are generous.
Jim Betts of Truckee, California, is building the boat. The hull is aluminum and the decks are composite glass and carbon fiber. To achieve an attractive rollededge look to the sheer, we used a split pipe detail to mate the glass deck and the aluminum hull together. We split and rewelded a section of mast extrusion to form the bowsprit which supports the two anchor rollers and the tack for the asymmetrical chute. The bowsprit was masterfully built in aluminum by Bett's crew and ties into a recessed area for the anchors that fairleads to a windlass in the well.