Oliver and I lugged the ancient Atomic 4 out of the hull and left it sitting on the dock. As far as I know it's still there -- heaviest thing I've lifted in my life. Tritons were built with A4's, so this was likely the original engine. If the photo isn't evidence enough, take my word for it when I say it was beyond salvagable. This opened up enough room to potentially include another bunk below Soup's cockpit. We now have nice little antique outboard, but more on that later. The cushions you see in the background were actually in decent condition and we're hanging on to them. I spent a little while foot-washing several ropes that came with the boat. Most of them were too shitty to keep around and got tossed. We need new ropes. (That's our friend Tiffany Sudar in the picture - why she willingly volunteers to work on the boat I have no idea. <3)
Oliver checks our halyards.
- We pulled out the nasty antiquated fiberglass water tank. It was an odd shape that fit right into the v-berth, but needless to say it wasn't something you would want to drink out of. We need a new water tank.
- We stretched out and measured our sails. The boat came with two mains, two jibs, and our spinnaker. They had a couple of patches but were in surprisingly good condition --
also likely the original sails.
- Hooked up the bilge pump to our car battery and it ran fine. Got a few inches of misc. rain water and mosquito breeding grounds out of our hull.
- Finally, we scraped a ridiculous amount of paint and wasp nests off the interior.
Starboard wall immediately inside from the cockpit
Cockpit
V-berth to the cockpit
Cockpit to the v-berth
Then we all went home and got pissfaced.
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