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The Rob Roy has a pleasing shear running from the tip of its<br />
bowsprit to a well-proportioned coach roof, cockpit coamings and<br />
short bumpkin (for sheeting the mizzen) aft.<br />
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The mizzenmast is stepped in a tube at the aft end of the cockpit<br />
and is unstayed.<br />
Aft in the cockpit is the outboard well, designed to fit a<br />
1980s/1990s-vintage Honda 7 HP outboard. The aperture at<br />
the bottom of this well is only slightly larger than the outboard’s<br />
cavitation plate. In fact, the propeller must be able to<br />
turn to fit through the aperture. The engine is virtually fixed<br />
in place, with almost no turning ability. Exhaust is vented<br />
outboard through two hoses that run from the well, through<br />
the cockpit locker to vents below the rail.<br />
Below, inside the companionway is a well-appointed,<br />
albeit miniature salon. Settees both port and starboard have<br />
seat backs hung inboard of the cabin sides and shelves<br />
behind. Sitting headroom is a little over four feet. Each settee<br />
is 6’ 6” inches long, with the foot tucked up under the<br />
bridge deck. For sleeping, the teak-and-holly cockpit sole is<br />
lifted up and placed on cleats, and the seat backs drop down<br />
to form a very large double berth.<br />
Amidships is the galley, with stovetop to port (our<br />
boat is fitted with a gimbaled, two-burner Origo range)<br />
and sink with bronze hand pump to starboard. Freshwater<br />
is in a 14-gallon flexible tank under the head of the starboard<br />
settee. Individual, fold-down dining tables are located<br />
at the head of each settee; and a slide-out plank at the<br />
head of the starboard settee provides seating while working<br />
in the galley.<br />
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News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS September 2010 35
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