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The Kanji for Aiki, Japanese for "In Harmony with the energy of the universe"
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Aiki sitting in the cold snowy northeastern Us where we first were able to get a look at her.
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View of the front of the cockpit
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View of the aft mast base. What a lot of wenches!
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View forward from the cockpit toward the bow. Seems like an aircraft carrier.
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The Coffee Grinder! Wow what a wench!!!
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The Navigation Station. Nice newer Nexus instruments, and a nice VHF. Everything else is Circa 1972.
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Lots of storage everywhere including the aft cabin
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The other side of the aft cabin
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Drawers! Wow that is pretty crafty.
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The refigerator is monel lined. Seems kind of Mega Yacht like.
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The Visable problem. The tabbing on the ring frames in no longer attached to the hull. Two surveyors thought they were bent, but they were not.
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Another shot of the Navigation Station.
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Oh No 1972 Wiring glombed onto with speaker wire, lamp cord, and god knows what else. Some work needed here.
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The engine a low hours 1995 Perkins 4-108. That is good! We like perky Perkins!
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Getting ready to go on the truck in Virginia.
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Woooaaaaa, so the boat has been afloat less than 2 hours and we are hard aground, less than 100 feet from the dock!
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