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More details about the design can be seen on the designer's site at:
Van De Stadt designed "Samoa" ,
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Steve and Bettye started building the yacht in 2000 in Yamba, Australia |
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The exterior of the hull is fabricated entirely of aluminium. More details about the design can be seen on the designer's site at: Van De Stadt designed "Samoa" , (click on the blue link above for more info about the boat) |
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In the spring of 2001 the aluminum hull was completed enough to
move out of the construction shed to add the rudder and keel,
and to begin work on the interior.
At the left you can see Steve hoping they don't drop her. |
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After removing the hull from the shed, the rudder, keel, and
many of the deck fixtures were added. Then the work on the
interior began in earnest. |
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Thursday, May 1, 2003 SHE FLOATS Finally in her proper element, JAMS motors down the river from the boatyard to the Yamba marina. |
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Steve designed many original features into the interior. Bettye gets credit for the beautiful varnish work. |
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This is a picture of the companionway steps.
The shape of the treads is a true ellipse. They
are a sandwich of wood and a plastic honeycomb to
reduce weight. The dark stripes are bits of teak
inlaid and projecting slightly as anti-slip. The
slope is such that you come down more like stairs
than a ladder - very comfortable. Steve says they
took something like 50 - 60 hours to design (and
re-design several times). Absolutely every millimeter
was drawn in detail, templates made for the tough bits,
etc. They are removed (the back is attached) to access
the entire front of the engine. |
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This is the tool box. The drawers are about 15"
wide to give and idea of scale. The little silver
knobs are a sort of latch - knob combination. The
top three on the right are latched (knob is pushed in
and almost flush with the drawer front. Pushing in
against the closed knob causes it to unlatch and pop
out becoming a knob. They are using these throughout
the boat on all drawers and doors. These on the toolbox
are a small size and all the rest are a larger version.
To reduce shifting of the tools at sea the bottom of
each drawer will be covered with rubber, and a cloth
will be laid over the top. |
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This is the saloon table looking forward. Or at least the
main part of it. There is a leaf that can be added to the
far (forward) side. This means it is offset aft so that when
the leaf is not in you can walk in down the forward side
(slide in down the aft side). Looks a bit strange but should
be very functional. The center is made of end grain maple
blocks like an old fashioned chopping block. |
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Here we have the frige. It's got a stainless steel liner
and 4" of foam all the way round. Drawers, door, etc. are
high gloss polyurethane. It is set up with tight fitting
roll out drawers (top one is missing here) to make things
easily accessible and help keep the cold in. |
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Now a walk through the yacht, beginning with the aft cabin. |
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Steve's brother Scott and his wife Ellie are claiming
this aft cabin area for their future retirement home. |
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The next area, moving forward, is the galley, on the
port side, center. Not shown is the hard working cook
trying to keep the stew from sloshing out on the floor
as JAMS heels in a stiff breeze. |
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Further forward on the port side is the dining table
area of the main saloon. Not show here is the master
of the yacht waiting patiently for his meal to be
served by the aforementioned kitchen slave. |
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And finally, in the master cabin forward, is the often
sought after but rarely found queen size island bed.
It is rumored to actually be possible to put the bedclothes
on this bed with both feet on the floor! |