Wow. Spent the day staring at the boat. It is hard to deceide where to begin. I removed just about everything from the interior, like the cushions and 8 of the 10 sails. I took 3 out of their bags, the blooper, a big light rainbow colored jib, a big rainbow colored spinnaker, and a white beat up spinnaker. I figured out the bilge pump , a manually operated job with 15' or so of white 2" flexable hose, like a vacum hose, that reaches to all the bilges. It did function a bit, it seems to help to not have air in it. There is another strange thing , It has a pressure guage , and a botton with a handle for it. The guage besides the pressure, was labeled, 0-5 5-10 10-15, moderate, and heavy There is a 1/4 inch hose that runs from there to a piston mounted on the bow, which I could only guess is for the forstay. It's function I imagine is to adjust the pressure on the forstay, or possibly to indicate the windpresure based on the curve of the mast? I have not seen anything like a backstay adjuster, so possibly this is it. The head has standing room if you open the hatch. Also, it has a fitting on the bow for a pump out. I have seen the port-o-potties with such a feathure, and I think it may be preferable to get that variety. I would like to raise the mast , to see how the rigging is, and if it all works, but it seems to weigh a couple of hundred pounds. It is not that easy to work with. Mast raising will be a challange. Wiring is iffy looking. I do not know if it is worth while to redo. There are two spots for batteries, on either side of the head. It seems to be wired for 2 batteries. There are no batteries.

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