This is fun. Every night I fall asleep whilst mentally redoing the boat’s interior. What color cushions in the salon? How shall we reconfigure the galley; what kind of counter-top and what kind of arrangements shall we build for storing tableware? It is like a puzzle, a puzzle of interior design on a tiny scale.

There are so many more obstacles re-configuring an already relatively optimized space. There is no more space, we have to stick to what we have, but we still need to fit a certain amount of gear and tools, so how do we do it? Rehabbing old houses is fun, I have done it many times, and it too takes a lot of planning, yet this is more of a challenge and completely new to me. There are so many more aspects to consider: space, size, movement, humidity, salt water. I still have many more evening on which to ponder this before we get started with the actual work. Till then I make lists, mentally and in excel. There simply does not seem to be enough tabs in my spreadsheet to get it all in: apart from the enjoyable part of design and comfort, there are things like solar, batteries, chargers, toilets, tanks, pumps, water heaters, sail covers, “ropes”, anchors, safety aspects and such to solve.

The learning curve is steep, but as always with new projects, fun. Tonight, I think I shall tackle the battery placement. Lithium batteries apparently do best inside the boat, away from extreme temperatures. Where shall they go, and what must we redo and replan to fit them?