{"id":236,"date":"2013-02-17T20:04:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T00:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/?p=236"},"modified":"2013-03-14T19:41:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T23:41:49","slug":"3-foot-itis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/2013\/02\/17\/3-foot-itis\/","title":{"rendered":"3-foot-itis"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Idle<\/a>
Idle Queen as I found her. \u00a0She looks pretty good from this side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It seems that one of the universal problems aboard small boats is not having enough room–not having enough storage space for clothes; tools; toys; spares; fuel; awnings; safety gear; etc… \u00a0Immediately after finding a storage solution for a particular piece of gear, a new thing arrives that just has to be kept somewhere aboard and the challenge of finding a place to put it begins. \u00a0I strive to keep my boat as simple as possible, but it still seems that there is never enough room aboard. \u00a0When the space is shared, such as when guests come aboard, the problem compounds. \u00a0The obvious solution to this problem is to have a bigger boat. \u00a0A boat just a few feet longer than the current one sounds about right to a lot of people. \u00a0This is such a common phenomenon that there is even a name for it: \u00a0three-foot-itis. \u00a0Three-foot-itis is when a boat owner decides that his or her current boat is inadequate, but that a boat three feet longer would be just the ticket. \u00a0There is no other solution in the owner’s mind. \u00a0A bigger boat must be found.<\/p>\n

I succumbed to the above described boat-owner’s malady and have been working on\u00a0Idle Queen<\/em> for a while now. \u00a0Idle Queen<\/em> is a Dreadnought 32 built by the Dreadnought Boatworks of Carpentaria, California. \u00a0She is three feet longer than Sirocco.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Deck<\/a>
Idle Queen as I found her–the view on deck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The space problem was just one part of what drove me to this boat, however. \u00a0Cost was the other driving force. \u00a0Everyone knows that bigger boats are more expensive, but in this case, I took a big step down. \u00a0Sirocco,\u00a0<\/em>my last boat,\u00a0is a beautifully finished boat. \u00a0She has teak trim and bronze fittings and beautiful joinery. \u00a0Idle Queen<\/em> is home-finished with plywood and plexiglass and latex paint. \u00a0I found her moldering in the back of a boatyard. \u00a0She had been for sale so long that the sign had faded and broken. \u00a0She is heavily-built and practical though. \u00a0Because of her rough-and-ready working finish I won’t feel bad keeping her going with whatever I happen to scrounge or buy when things break. \u00a0I don’t have to worry about a “yacht quality” finish. \u00a0 Strong and cheap will do it.<\/p>\n

\"Idle<\/a>
Idle Queen as I found her–not in pristine condition…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I will start getting some more pictures up in the near future and maybe some videos to document progress on\u00a0Idle Queen<\/em>‘s rehabilitation. \u00a0My goal is to have a safe, strong, inexpensive voyaging yacht with this project.<\/p>\n

\"Idle<\/a>
The dinette in Idle Queen on the first day that I went to see her. It was a bit depressing below and difficult to breathe because of all the mold in the air.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Idle<\/a>
Cockpit view of Idle Queen when I found her. This photo does not show the pool of water that was in the forward corner of the cockpit slowly leaking into the diesel fill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems that one of the universal problems aboard small boats is not having enough room–not having enough storage space for clothes; tools; toys; spares; fuel; awnings; safety gear; etc… \u00a0Immediately after finding a storage solution for a particular piece of gear, a new thing arrives that just has to be kept somewhere aboard and… Continue reading 3-foot-itis<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,12,1],"tags":[23,19,16,28,89,27],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dreadnought-32-idle-queen","category-sirocco","category-uncategorized","tag-atkin","tag-atkins","tag-bristol-channel-cutter","tag-idle-queen","tag-sirocco","tag-tahiti-ketch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ztFW-3O","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setforsea.com\/barrystravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}