We have done SO much to the boat to get it ready!! We purchased the boat
in 2001 in Sydney. Since then, we have done pretty much a total refit.
There is very little that we haven't replaced, sometimes multiple times, or
restored. Here's what she looks like today....and a few pictures of where
she came from. After a few bucks (heaps) & a few months, here's what she
looks like as of Dec 2004 sitting at dock.
I couldn't begin to list everything that has been
added, but a few of the highlights are:
- All new Standing & Running Rigging
- Maxwell 3500 windlass (that is an electric Anchor
winch for those who don't know)
- Reflex Furler
- Refrigerator & Freezer rebuild, new compressors
& lines
- Washing Machine
- New, full set of sails
- Canvas sailcovers, bimini & dodger
- New Hypalon Dinghy & 15hp Evenrude motor
- Solar Panels - giving us approx 15 amps of power
per hour
- Watermaker
- Mastervolt 3500 240 volt 3.5 KVA Generator
- New electronics:
- ICOM 422 Marine VHF & ICOM
M32 Handheld
VHF radios & Barrett 502 HF
- Computer system and navigation
mapping systems
- Garmin 152 GPS
- Tacktick wireless instruments &
TMQ Autopilot
- JRC 1500 Radar
- JVC Radio CD inv DVD mp3s
- Hot Water Heater and Reverse cycle Air Conditioner
- Inverters & Sine Wave Converter for electronics
- Wind Generator and new 250 amp alternator and
smart regulators
- Life raft & EPIRB
- Dinghy Davits, & Solar Panel
Holders
- New refit to the bathroom
- New refit to the main dinning area
- and the list goes on and on
Here are a few pictures of the boat as it is now
Paul says she is the "prettiest Roberts around".
Layout and plans for Cockatoo II
There's no thrill in easy sailing when the
skies are clear and blue, there's no joy in merely doing things which anyone can
do. But there is some satisfaction that is mighty sweet to take, when you
reach a destination that you never thought you'd make. - Anonymous quote