Lazarette

You might remember my modification of the transom with the central opening to the bathing platform.

I then made the openings to access the lazarette.

The kit from Christinger included the floor for this compartment but I modified it.

Gas bottles
The floor on one side should be low enough to contain regular gas bottles not special low bottles typical of sailing boats (like Camping Gaz)
These tanks usually have a diameter of 30-32 cm and a hight of 60-65cm for a 10 liter bottle. Two bottles of 10 liters shoud provide enough gas for cooking and hot water for three months. At leas this wa the estimate.

Outboard
This was the second constraint, the possibility to store the dinghy outboard inside the lazarette. With the radar arch that is in my project it will be easy to lift it ans store it inside. So on one side the floor should be, at least partially opened.

Rack and Pinion
Further I decided not to make any opening in the BH to access the lazarette. Too crowded a space to think to get in there when everything will be installed. So the access will be from above. Consequently the floor must be partially removable.
But on the centerboat part, underneath the lazarette floor the two autopilot actuators will be hanging.
For this reason this part was built with 10 mm thickness plate.

RP100
Then an access to the bottop of the RP100 Jefa rudder steering system was needed with a watertight removable hatch from inside ther aft cabins.


View of the port lazarette with the 10mm plate. The holes for the M8 bolts are already drilled. The remaining part will be closed by a removable, camlock, floor.

Starboard view, again with the autopilot actuator support. Underneath it will be the webasto.

More pictures to come