Our 1974 Ranger 32 named Dancyn after the previous owner's two daughters, Dana and Cynthia. Designed around the rules of the International Offshore Racing Committee as a 3/4 ton offshore racer-cruiser. She was made for speed.
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Down below looking forward. Galley is off to the right, navigational station to the left. The mast is keel-stepped instead of deck-stepped (much stronger) and the metal rods attach to the rigging above deck and to a iron cross atop the keel. Beefy and overbuilt, just the way we like it. Under the left sattee is stores and water tank, the right is more stores and fuel tank.
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Our two-burner wonder of a galley fueled by a 20-lb. canister of propane that we keep in the cockpit. Sink has a foot pump attached to our water tank, only 26 gallons. We will carry another 50 in jerry cans and bottles for the crossing.
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Our high-tech nav. station and little frig (at least it keeps beer cold). JR chatting on the new single-side band/ham radio in which we can connect to lab top for email and weather faxes. Above his head is the GPS and fish finder/depth sounder. Below him is the battery bank, four 6-volt golf cart batteries. Behind him, the quarter berth filled mainly with sails.
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The Head, our little sweat box where all the great ideas come from. We can also pump fresh water into the sink.
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The honey pot and durable produce storage. The blue bag on the wall is 6 months of teepee (we hope, its spendy to non-existent in the south pacific). The toilet is a pac-a-potty so we have to empty it out about once a week. Magical!
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HT in the v-berth, where we sleep and dream about catching bigguns. Cozy, ain´t it? (yes, we have about 10 rod and reels.) Behind HT is the chain locker; that´s part of the anchor rhode attached to the ceiling.
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Behind the mast is the head, another wall, and then the v-berth; closet off to the right. The black thing on ceiling is a newly installed hatch-big difference. Poorly ventilated, but it was made to be water-tight, empty and fast, not the winnabago that we´ve turned it into. The thing on the mast is a mola, hand-made by the Kuna indians in Panama.
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Praying over the beast that won´t quit, the gasoline Atomic-4 engine that´s older than we are. Ideally we would have a diesel, so we sail more than we motor. Neatly tucked away underneath the stairs. (Disregard the dark stains, it´s old, okay?)
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Underneath both sattees are stores for all of our chocolate, beans and rice. This boat did not come with a lot of storage space, so we have had to come up with some rather creative ideas. Just like playing jenga. That used to be filled by a 25-gallon metal fuel tank so we replaced it with a smaller 14-gallon bladder. Like we said, we sail more than motor.
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In the cockpit looking forward onto deck and the companion way that leads down into the bowels of our stallion-pony hybrid. The orange thing in front of the mast is the inflatable kayak.
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Looking back into the cockpit. That´s a hand of bananas HT has in her hand. The wooden thing is the tiller, used to steer the boat, better than a wheel. The propane tank is underneath it.
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The transom. That´s the windvane used to automatically steer the boat without using electricity. The orange thing is the man overboard pole next to our power station-3 solar panels and wind generator.
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The bow. Spinnaker pole, roller furling to open up head sail from the cockpit, and newly installed manual windlass that will take the load off our backs when we are hauling anchor. Anchorages are deep in south pacific, so we have a 30 pound anchor attached to 120' of chain and 150' of line (rhode).
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Sail change. The roller furling is great until its time for a head sail change because we have to unroll it first, which in heavy weather could present some problems. But it does allow us to open and close the sail without going forward.
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And finally, The Dink. We spend more time repairing our 20-year old Achilles and 3.5 ponies than we spend on Dancyn. When its time to sail, it deflates into the size of a large-sized suitcase and fits before the mast.
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