Power Plant: Fay & Bowen , LN 42, 4-cylinder, 4-cycle; bore, 4% in. ; stroke, Sl/2 in. ; wheel, 21 in. x 20 in. ; 850 r.p.m. 127 128 THE GALLEY GUIDE “temporarily” ; indeed, a casual inspection would lead one to believe that Tinker was equipped for day sailing rather than for a cruise to Florida. The phrase “complete equipment” has been abused to such an extent that a purchaser can never know whether the term applies to the equipment required by the Government or whether it includes equipment actually necessary to cast off and cruise. All too often “complete equipment” consists only of Govern¬ ment equipment, binnacle, cushions, anchor, some china, some cutlery and the galley equipment. The bald statement that the purchaser will need to make no further outlay is too often a misrepresentation which fools the inexperienced and frequently con¬ vinces the victim that the game is too expensive for him. Finding out what he has to buy after he has bought his boat has soured many an enthusiastic novice. The figure to which I was limited in purchasing a boat had to cover not only hull and engine but the equipment as well. To a convert to civilized cruising that meant every last thing needed for living afloat in shore comfort for an indefinite period, together with the navigating equipment necessary to pilot the vessel confidently on long coastwise cruises. For¬ tunately I had no illusions concerning the cost of equipping a boat. In a new boat the cruising equip¬ ment will generally be a quarter of the cost of hull and engine together. When I considered the sum available for the purchase of a successor to the C. A. Dolliver, I knew at once that the new boat must be small in order to leave margin for the purchase of equipment without which cruising is neither safe nor pleasant. I wanted a strictly one-man cruiser capable APPENDIX 129 of comfortable ferry service across Penobscot Bay in any weather, and equally capable of cruising in comfort by the inside route to the Gulf of Mexico. It did not occur to me that I could afford a new boat, therefore I started optimistically inspecting second-hand boats within the price limit to permit indulging my theories on equipment. Now, from a 5 5- ft. schooner to a small motor cruiser is a jump requiring some mental gymnastics. Being a wind¬ jammer, the more motor boats I examined the more dismayed I became, finally coming to the conclusion that I must be a crank, in so many respects did my requirements differ from what apparently was con¬ sidered usual practice in engine installation, head- room and ventilation. The combination of sea¬ worthiness, comfort and accessibility, with living quarters untainted by engine, seemed never to have been attained in the same vessel. When an engine was installed beneath the cockpit floor it was either inaccessible or was reached by an opening in the cabin bulkhead, an arrangement with which I had had the usual smelly experience. Not one boat had sufficient icebox, locker space or provision for stow¬ ing suit cases in a dry place.

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Power Plant: Fay & Bowen , LN 42, 4-cylinder, 4-cycle; bore, 4% in. ; stroke, Sl/2 in. ; wheel, 21 in. x 20 in. ; 850 r.p.m. “temporarily” ; indeed, a casual inspection would lead one to believe that Tinker was equipped for day sailing rather than for a cruise to Florida. The phrase “complete equipment” has been abused to such an extent that a purchaser can never know whether the term applies to the equipment required by the Government or whether it includes equipment actually necessary to cast off and cruise. All too often “complete equipment” consists only of Govern¬ ment equipment, binnacle, cushions, anchor, some china, some cutlery and the galley equipment. The bald statement that the purchaser will need to make no further outlay is too often a misrepresentation which fools the inexperienced and frequently con¬ vinces the victim that the game is too expensive for him. Finding out what he has to buy after he has bought his boat has soured many an enthusiastic novice. The figure to which I was limited in purchasing a boat had to cover not only hull and engine but the equipment as well. To a convert to civilized cruising that meant every last thing needed for living afloat in shore comfort for an indefinite period, together with the navigating equipment necessary to pilot the vessel confidently on long coastwise cruises. For¬ tunately I had no illusions concerning the cost of equipping a boat. In a new boat the cruising equip¬ ment will generally be a quarter of the cost of hull and engine together. When I considered the sum available for the purchase of a successor to the C. A. Dolliver, I knew at once that the new boat must be small in order to leave margin for the purchase of equipment without which cruising is neither safe nor pleasant. I wanted a strictly one-man cruiser capable of comfortable ferry service across Penobscot Bay in any weather, and equally capable of cruising in comfort by the inside route to the Gulf of Mexico. It did not occur to me that I could afford a new boat, therefore I started optimistically inspecting second-hand boats within the price limit to permit indulging my theories on equipment. Now, from a 5 5- ft. schooner to a small motor cruiser is a jump requiring some mental gymnastics. Being a wind¬ jammer, the more motor boats I examined the more dismayed I became, finally coming to the conclusion that I must be a crank, in so many respects did my requirements differ from what apparently was con¬ sidered usual practice in engine installation, headroom and ventilation. The combination of sea¬ worthiness, comfort and accessibility, with living quarters untainted by engine, seemed never to have been attained in the same vessel. When an engine was installed beneath the cockpit floor it was either inaccessible or was reached by an opening in the cabin bulkhead, an arrangement with which I had had the usual smelly experience. Not one boat had sufficient icebox, locker space or provision for stow¬ ing suit cases in a dry place.

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