The folding caddy, shown in outline here, is quickly put up for shelter of anchor or on a mooring. It gives shelter for two and is spacious enough for a brew on a small gas stove. It forms the front part of the mark II tent. Port front waterproof tub holds ready use hardware including the compass which fits on a bracket on the sleeping board, Also contains binoculars, comers and shock cord straps to furl sails. Easy single handed access. Port waterproof tub contains large items for the boat, such as a torch, flask, first aid kit, emergency pack (another torch, mirror, hand compass, survival bag, chocolate bars). Also contains odds and ends of pulleys, shackles, tools etc. The baler, bucket and a sponge fit under the thwart, tied on! The flare tub also fits here, again tied an. Anchor tub - This takes a folding grapnel with chain and warp. There is no securing point inside for the bitter end and the lid won't shut if you tie the warp to the foredeck cleat. Packing an anchor here puts weight in the front of the boat but is very accessible with the short foredeck. Main Mast socket Cool Box position, with oars, main anchor, chain and warp under (more weight in the front). I now leave the cool box at home (too large for one) and use the space to stow waterproofs and other wet gear. My bed board covers the space and keeps things in. Starboard front waterproof tub holds hats, gloves, sun tan lotion and chocolate bars for crew comfort. It can be opened with one hand if necessary, although it's a long stretch from the tiller if single handed. Starboard waterproof tub holds enough food and some beers for a long weekend for one. These tubs need two hands or a hand and a foot to open and close. Fenders squeeze in under the thwart and retain the oars in position. I've rerouted the centre board control line so that the oars and anchor no longer interfere with its operation.

The rear locker is quite large. The motor battery and six pint containers of water stow against the forward bulkhead (more heavy items in the ends of the boat). The battery is strapped in place using rucksack clips. The boat tent, poles, Thermarest, my rope roll, dry clothes and sleeping bag in a dry sack, shoes, and the washing up bucket (with stove, pans, crockery) all fit inhere. Waterproof items store at the bottom - it's not always completely dry.

The Mark I sleeping board (for one). The board aver the cool box forms a useful seat far rowing, and mounts the compass. It is held in place by shack cord. It retains the toolbox, when shipped, and I use the tap surface as a chart table. The two extension boards fit beside centre board case far sailing, with dowels to locate them an the front board for sleeping. The shape inevitably invites remarks about coffins. The boards are varnished 9mm ply, which is slippery to sleep on. I could just reach the starboard tub for a balaclava an cold nights. I slept with my head in towards the bow of the boat. The Mark II sleeping board. The board is in two parts with a cloth hinge aver thwart to allow the aft section to fold aver the front. For sailing the whale assembly slides over the cool box space (upper diagram). Far sleeping the large tubs are removed and stowed underneath. The board locates in the tub holes and the notch in the thwart (lower diagram). The main board has the compass bracket attached. A new board fits flush with the side benches over the cool box space and is the last refuge of varnish in the boat. The main board is finished with deck paint, which is non slip to the paint of being abrasive. With the board extended there is nowhere far anything to fail into the bottom of the boat. Covering the whale of the front part of the cockpit with a single piece of 9mm ply gives a more rigid sleeping surface than multiple boards. Sleeps two? I sleep with my feet towards the bow.

The Mark I tent used the Cruz booms lashed together as a ridge pole. The loose corded tent hem fitted under the gunwale. Bath side cords hook to the winch eye an the stem, and a shock cord loop across the stern keeps it all tight. I couldn't sit up inside, and stowed the tent to cook breakfast in the cuddy. The Mark II tent is based on flexible glass fibre tent pales as hoops. It uses the folding cuddy for support (and a window) at the front. One hoop fits in the midships rowlock sockets. The aft hoop fits in home made sockets and ties to the mizzen mast. A loose cord in the hem hooks underneath the gunwale at the front by the cuddy and can be released or attached from inside or outside. Again the cord is tensioned across the stern by a shock card loop which is quick to rig. Once the shock cord is connected the hem and cord can be pushed aver the gunwale from inside the boat. The space inside the hooped tent has totally transformed camping in the boat. It accommodated four of us far a night cap an the recent Blackwater rally!

This sketch gives a comparison of the space available from the ridge tent and hoop tent variants from the stern of the boat. Moving about in the ridge tent was always a hands and knees affair. I can sit up an the side benches in the hoop tent.