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#1
Gallery / Re: Commander #205
July 07, 2025, 06:37:02 AM
I made these lee cloths that store beneath the twin futon mattresses that are my quarter berth cushions. They attach to ring nuts on through-bolts of cabintop deck implements.
#2
Gallery / Re: Commander #205
July 07, 2025, 06:22:32 AM
Here's a close up of the nav station. I used a tablet running Navionics. The panel just above and left of it is the MPPT controller control for a solar panel (installed atop the companionway hatch) that keeps my deep-cycle lead acid batteries topped off.
#3
Gallery / Re: Commander #205
July 07, 2025, 06:01:18 AM
Here's a view of the cabin, looking forward. This shows a better view of the Lagun system table and the cutaway bulkhead. That's a gimballed oil lamp on the port side. On the starboard side, lashed up high, is a weighted bug screen that drops over the forward hatch.
#4
Gallery / Re: Commander #205
July 07, 2025, 05:56:24 AM
Here's a view of the interior, looking aft. I raised the quarterberth height by 9", adding drawers underneath. The starboard bulkhead has been reduced in size. A Lagun table is installed (near, left; it can be swung into the quarterberth area, and also can be moved to the cockpit onto a separate base installed there); the tabletop was made with teak scavenged from derelicts. The nav station is visible on the forward side of the starboard cockpit bulkhead.
#5
Gallery / Commander #205
July 07, 2025, 05:31:38 AM
This is Commander hull #205, bought new and owned by a single family, and spending all of its life in the fresh water of Lake George, NY. I was given the boat in 2020 on the condition I'd take good care of her. I spent over two years refitting her. Here is the first image I'm uploading to this now-upgraded forum. (Thank you Kurt Niles!) Tho' not a lot is visible in the sunset shot, you can see the anchor locker I added, using the hatch I scavenged from a derelect Cal 25.
#6
In response to an inquiry, here are a series, the second 5, of 10 photos which show the dimensions of the block at the forward end of the coaming that attaches to the cabin. These images show the dimension of the starboard side on my boat. Make a prototype, first, from 2"x10" scrap to assure proper fit before cutting mahogany! Good luck!
#7
In response to an inquiry, here are a series, the first 5, of 10 photos which show the dimensions of the block at the forward end of the coaming that attaches to the cabin. These images show the dimension of the starboard side on my boat. Make a prototype, first, from 2"x10" scrap to assure proper fit before cutting mahogany! Good luck!
#8
General/Off-Topic / F/S Commander#53
June 07, 2020, 07:19:24 PM
Paul, see private message I sent. Please let me know if it's still for sale. Thanks!