Commander #205

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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.

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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.

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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.

[CapnK]

VERY nice looking vessel there, Paul!!! Shipshape as well. Love the original teak sole on these boats, yours looks to be in great shape.

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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.

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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.