Hi Mark,
I'm thinking in terms of a Bilge pump, Deep cycle Battery and Solar Panel. The slip I'm going into is not powered yet so I'll need the Panel to keep things charged up. The Boat when I picked it up had some boxes in the Bilge of assorted items and in there were an am/fm/cd marine radio and a VHF Radio. I also would like to have provisions for powering a Sirius Radio. I'm going to need more watts to drive speakers than small batteries are going to provide. In the Cabin I'd like to be able to provide Cell phone charging ports fore and aft and maybe a small RV type water pump for a small sink if I manage to get around to building a small counter to house it.
Rudy at D&R sent me new Boom Vang assembly and Main sheet tackle. I found the originals wrapped up in the storm Jib, I assume its a storm Jib because it is pretty small and the other Jib , Fore Sail?, is quite large even larger than the Main but all the sails appear to be in good shape. The main seems to be new because it is quite stiff. I'm excited to get her in the water but I'm going to have to recruit some help to accomplish the launch. I'm just assuming that there will be some old timers at the Marina that would assist me.
Another thought that came to me when I was building that compression post was that I spotted some Styrofoam blocks under the forward section of the cabin but I've not seen any in the Bilge area. Once I'm done with the work in the Bilge I'll go to Home Depot or other and buy Styrofoam sheets, I think they are available in 2" thick, and I'll cut them to fit into the bilge without interfering with with other equipment. I'm thinking as much as I can pack in there would be a positive thing but maybe at least 10 cubic feet will offset the weight of the 600 Lb Keel. Maybe someone would like to "Weigh in" on this part of my project. Get it "Weigh in" Ha Ha!