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Thanks Shannon.A rude  version would work as  well.By the way,I glued trim on the wrong side of a bulkhead tonight.Bill(ge)

Sure.My address is bilgeret@hotmail.com.If you mail me then I can send you my table pictures.There are about 12 which is rather a lot but my friend is shutter happy.

Is the pump still on the right,when you face forward?...bill

Dacron(a pollyester) as opposed to nylon,good for dock lines.

with a boat this size the deckhead is going to get mighty warm but it should still be several hundreds of degrees cooler than what it will take to ignite,with a little distance.It's good to give some sober reflexion on modifing your boat,but if you've thought it thru,your informed by experience and you know what you like then the stock boat is just the beginning of an idea.Not everyone may like what you do,but its your boat  after all.recently a friend said I should just try adjusting to the boat for once.More power to those that can.

This is something I learned the hard way causing me no end of trouble after building and installing tanks in my last boat.If you do put an external vent in it should at all points be at least 30 degrees from the horizontal as fuel or water can fill the pipe creating a mysterious air lock that could stall your engine,even a big one when enough vacumn builds up.If fluids can stand in the vent pipe you will get airlocked.The more vertical the better.Amazing how something so seemingly trivial could shut you down.

It swings athwartships(side to side).Some other types swing in any direction,but that is likely overkill and requires a fair bit of room.With the Origo you need about five inches clear behind the stove so the bottom of the stove dose'nt catch the counter when the boat is heeled.You also need about two inches underneath.I dropped the top of the stove about two inches below the counter so it is easy to reach into the pot and steamy stuff is a tiny bit further from the deckhead.

If you want to sail to weather with a pot on the stove,gimbals are not an option.I 've almost finished rebuilding the galley to accept the gimballed single.It is now where the sink was and the sink has moved farther aft making the whole set-up much more user friendly,i.e. I don't have to lean over the stove to get at the sink.Also pot supports which you likely have.The Origo gimbals are very nice.My under standing is that diesel and wood stoves need a minium of three feet between the stove and deckhead or the deckiron could get dangerously hot.They pump out some serious heat.The closer to the sole the better so in theory they suck up cold air.

My experience suggests that getting air moving from end to end of the boat will keep the boat dryest.I'm not positive how it works but if there is one wet place in a poorly ventilated boat ,the whole vessel is affected.That midship hatch is a wonderful thing,a must have.The biggest challenge ia assembling and scribing the wooden base to fit.Burma teak is almost as expensive as a hatch,at $22.a board foot on the west coast,but anyone brave enough to cut a hole in the roof should have no problem putting saw to teak.It's hard to go over board on this ventilation thing,a much under talked about subject.

The hard dinghy bashing the hard boat all night gets old quick,however I still prefer them because they can be rowed ,a sublime act in my book.(read quiet).They can also be dragged over barnacles and such with some impunity and best of all ,Mine was $200. in perfect condition,with oars,Wow.I pull mine into the cockpit at night,or sometimes on to the fore deck.Works really well.

It's pretty tough to squeeze a dinghy on to the contessa.The foredeck is the place but would make sail changes and anchoring difficult and maybe even dangerous.There may also be a problem heaving the boat to with that much windage forward.The room avaliable between the mast and companionway is shorter than any dink I know of.For now I am resigned to towing and maybe getting a rubber kayak or building a folding boat.I have a 6 foot dink ,about 35 pounds ,variously referred to as a Haida,Booth or Bosun.In truth I think it is a haida built by John Booth in Victoria and sold by Bosun's Locker.They used to be common around here before the invasion of the rubber boats.