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A Tour of Swing Cat
A photographic tour of the hulls which have now been completed.
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Here are the hulls just before they are born! The electrics still have to be disconnected and the gaping holes, where the bridgedeck will eventually go, need to be covered with customised tarpaulins. Top of Page 
A wide cupboard, but quite shallow since it hides the electrical power distribution panel behind it - see the
swinging cupboard. Above
the cupboard is a vanity unit with mirror.
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And behind it, a large locker. On an Eclipse with inboard engines, this is where the starboard engine would go. Two round inspection plates are behind the bulkhead, aft of the locker: the horizontal one gives access to a sealed compartment giving buoyancy to the stern; the vertical one gives access to the bolts holding the rudder stock bearing in place. In the space behind this bulkhead is enough room to store a couple of sailing bags. Top of Page 
Sitting on the bunk and looking forward. The hob is on the right with kitchen cupboards and a drawer unit underneath. The headlining has yet to be put in. Top of Page 
Here is a view of the starboard forward cabin with a fridge under the single bunk The fridge is made to measure and has almost 5 inches of Polyisocyanurate foam - follow this link for more information on cool box design and construction. Beyond the fridge is a round inspection plate, giving visual access to a sealed compartment giving buoyancy to the bow. Beyond is a bulkhead with access through to the nose of the hull, with enough room to store a sailing bag on top of another sealed compartment. Insulation is missing from part of the nose because the forward beam needs to be installed here when the hulls are joined together. Top of Page  port_aft_cabin.jpg
The steps down into the port hull lead to another double cabin aft and the heads forward. The daggerboard case is right in front. Top of Page 
The heads is not quite finished. The composting lavatory
will sit on top of the inspection plate. In front is a grate made from Iorko over a shower
tray. The cupboard underneath, with sliding doors, conceals the
grey water tankbut still has some useful storage.
A useful cupbard is to the right at head height and a seat, made out of Staron®, is just behind the door on the left. Top of Page 
This part of the port hull is very different from Richard Woods' design In his plans, one accesses this part of the hull through a much larger
heads compartment. Additionally, he uses this part of the hull as a sail locker. I have decided to make this a forecabin, accessed by these
steps from the bridgedeck. This makes for a much more private single cabin than the equivalent one in the starboard hull; I shall therefore use the latter as
a sail locker which could double as a cabin if required.
This arrangement also gives me the ability to site the gas water heater near the shower, as you can see. The drawbacks to my arrangement are a heads compartment half the size of Richard's and one less seat on the bridgedeck. Underneath the inspection plate are two through hulls for a Forward Looking Sonar transducer and a log/speed impeller. Top of Page 
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Steps down from the bridgedeck level into the starboard hull. The door leads into the double aft cabin. The frame of the panelled door is made from American Ash. Top of Page 
Under the starboard double bunk is a freezer. The freezer is made to measure and has 6 inches of Polyisocyanurate foam - follow this link for more information on cool box design and construction. The trim around all bulkheads and doors is the same wood used for all door frames and drawers - i.e. American Ash. All exposed wood has had 2 coats of Danish oil. Top of Page 
Sitting on the bunk and looking forward. The hanging locker is on your right, between the hull and the daggerboard case. Yes, the daggerboards
go right through the hull - see all about daggerboards.
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The other side of the galley. Work surfaces used are solid acrylic polymer sheet called Staron®, made by Samsung. It is similar to Corian®.
The cabin sole consist of 4mm thick strips of Iroko epoxied to a plywood sheet with the spaces between them filled with more epoxy containing a white pigment. The same treatment is given to all the steps. Top of Page 
The port aft cabin is similar to the starboard cabin. It could do with a bit of cleaning! Top of Page 
The sink is also in a Staron® worktop. It has a mixer tap with pull-out shower head attached to a pressurised hot and cold water system. This sink also has a hand pump which will provide fresh cold water; this gives the skipper the ability to turn off the pressurised system if the fresh water supplies are low, while still having water available at the sink. The galley has a similar arrangement. There is a document describing the plumbing of water and gas systems. Top of Page 
The port forward cabin is the mirror image of the starboard forward cabin. Both can be accessed from where the photographs are taken or through the forward hatch. Instead of a fridge we have a locker for general storage. Beyond the locker is a round inspection plate, giving visual access to a sealed compartment giving buoyancy to the bow. Beyond is a bulkhead with access through to the nose of the hull, with enough room to store a sailing bag on top of another sealed compartment. Insulation is missing from part of the nose because the forward beam needs to be installed here when the hulls are joined together. Top of Page |
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