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Yes, we (well, ME) would certainly love to see more pics of "the" boat that started it all! ;-)  Heater?  Traveller?  Stove?  Winches?!  ETC!!  And it sounds like she's soon going to be off doing what she loves best!  Congratulations!

Nigel, how did you mount your Cape Horn?  I was really wanting one of them, but when I saw the triangular piece mounted horizontally with a huge shaft out the center of the transom, I figures a Co26 w/outboard rudder would not be able to handle one....please tell.

Andrew....we discussed this in another post?!  (my mind is going?!)  I think we did....however, mine is not installed yet, I am too scared to drill holes!!!  It's a bit silly really, but I am measuring, etc...but not doing more, yet! ;-)   Maybe I should test some rum for the tanks, and then it won't matter where the heck the holes go!
Let me know when you start drilling and measuring....JR transom same angle as JJT?  48 degrees?  So we'll have the same, almost mounting arm length?  This should be interesting....

I too have anchor locker with simple hole to drain...and gee, I'll have to check if it has indeed filled up in choppy seas...but even if it did, it would weigh no more than rode in there, as it will not displace more than the empty space (rode will not move over) so...it would squish out top too...I will check next time - I regularly sail in very choppy seas so bury bow regularly...I have a barrel bolt holding mine closed, but would have a proper latch that could be seized down for offshore.

When I wrote "is it this", my web link did not show up....so....I think you are talking about something where the cannister is in the boat...not safe, you don't want to kill yourself if it leaks or goes up in flames for whatever reason.

I just like diesel for my #1 pick for fuel, and am using alcohol now as it's easy and (relatively) cheap while here at home.  But, for offshore, I will get a diesel stove.
The flowerpot is just used to dissipate heat, and act as a "ceramic" as in the ceramic heaters, holds and retains and slowly releases heat.  And is safe, for that purpose.  But, it's breakable, hard to store, and of no real other use. 

If money was no object, I'd get the Wallas stove.  However, if I wasn't afraid of propane, (it's a boom thing, I hate balloons too! ;-)  I would have propane: easy, cheap, hot.  And more people like propane and can help you with things/parts/etc.   However, it puts alot of moisture in the air, so if you want a really dry boat, (I hate condensation) pick diesel. (Yes, alcohol puts water in too, but not as much, and because it's not as effective as a heater, you wouldn't use it as much...)

Oh, going under the V-berth in the porta-potti?!  Simple, cheap, and sorta easy to dump! ;D

Good luck Krising: like Bill said, the heater should be low down: I tried mine on bulkhead, stbd. side, (yes, to use the existing hole as a vent) and the headliner got so hot I got nervous....and yanked it outta there.  If I don't splurge for the Wallas stove, and was brave enough to cut a hole in the deck, I'd mount a heater on base, to the left, of hanging locker.  Low, mid-boat, and can heat forepeak...

My stove is gimballed on stbd. side too: did I send you pics of it?!  It does have to be gimballed if you are going to sail and try to cook, the boats do heel over to about 20 to 30 degrees and then stay there...but your soup won't unless stove is gimballed!  ;D

I have a pic of my tank from the top: it sits on a plywood support in stbd. cockpit locker, original with boat.  It seems ok, made of metal (steel, nothing fancy...so, just....steel?!)  ;-) It's spraypainted beige, and so far seems dry and non-rusted.  Has a fuel gage on top, vent, and deck fill.  I replaced plastic elbow with bronze, and also have a shut-off valve.  It doesn't leak ever, even heeled over probably 40 is the farthest she's gone with me.

Hey, I too leave inside engine hatch open, both when I leave the boat, and in the summer to keep all things cool...and in winter with heat to circulate around engine (from dockside electric heater for now!)

You are so right about airflow: my hatches are open 24/7 except when underway...Roger MacAfees "The Warm, Dry Boat" is completely about the V word: VENTILATION!  IE: Fresh Air, flowing to and fro!

That sounds GREAT!

Way to Go, Adrian!!!  Take Pics and post them! 

Umm, we don't have to haul out here at all, I am almost embarassed to say!   I think your insurance makes you do so?

I too love the hump, and am raising my bridge deck by putting in the lower teak board with an inch or two shaved off it.  So, it's a tight fit in and out, but keeps me limber and young! Hah!   
And yes, the 83s and later have deck anchor locker, etc...
I would make the battery area water-tight.
I would have a hinged storage behind settee backs, and enclosed areas above settee, like they do in galley areas around chainlates on later models.
I woud have left the lazarette locker as it was on Rogers boats: cockpit was smaller that way.
I would have utilized dead space in forward bow area.
I too wish for quicker engine hatch removal (but still watertight...how do we do that?!)
One more set of scuppers
And lastly, I too agree on hull/deck joint: quality thru-bolts and a perfect flange.  No cheapening out there.

Ummm, head "USED to be"?!   Soooo, next question:  where does one do one's duty on your boat?! ;D