We've been enjoying the boat!

It's been several months since we've posted anything... so I thought it would be good to give an update. We've been using the Julianne pretty regularly and have made a number of incremental improvements to her. We've done a number of daysails with friends and a couple of over night trips to Santa Cruz Island. Julianne has proven to be a comfortable and confidence inspiring boat!

Our new brass ships clock and "comfortmeter" are functional and beautiful. They balance out the brass ships bell and gas light that we acquired last summer.







We also replaced the remaining two broken original equipment solar vents with new ones. The vent above the head sink is solar with battery backup which enables it to run continuously day and night. The constant air flow keeps the boat smelling nice and fresh.



Yesterday I installed an Autohelm tiller pilot. It fit nicely just above the cockpit coaming with a clean and unobtrusive brass socket mount. I routed the wires through a new deck fitting and out of the way down to the main electrical panel. The tiller pilot will make Julianne a lot easier to handle single or short handed... especially during our longer trips to the Channel Islands.