The beginnings of an interior, some creature comforts, are reappearing aboard Eleanor Tarr.

Using the original interior of spruce ply as templates, new bulkheads and berth sides were cut from 1/2″ marine plywood and installed. To support these I milled and cut to size 1x 1 1/2″ ash framing materials from a Lakefield mill. The port side bunk is to pull out 14″ making it a small double berth. I’m doing this with sliding ash beams running and riding underneath the permanent framing as suggested by Fred Bingham.

Each bunk will be above an 18 gallon fresh water tank. Our 100 gallon fresh water capacity is being based on the liberal estimation of 1 gallon per person, per day, which we have found as a cruising couple to be much more than enough, though we are now joined by a small boy in edition. This will give the vessel a range of 33 days. Our longest passage to date has been 35 days which could re-occur. This capacity should be adequate knowing that we will have a manual water maker in addition.