A bit about Mango

We have had some questions about how Mango is set up, especially as we have changed her quite a bit since we bought her, principally by adding a 'pod', a small cabin in the middle of the boat.

 The picture above is Mango at anchor with the swimming ladder deployed, it has taken ages for us to find something that will work.  In addition you can see the pod, our Forgen wind generator mounted on one of the pushpits which we have added and the wind vane steering.  You can also make out the new netting and bow and stern netting beams that we have added if you look closely.  The big grey bucket like thing you can see in front of our mast is for the anchor chain and rode.

The picture below is of the chartroom. We used to do all the navigation in here, but it is inconvenient to be constantly climbing up and down so now we use it as an office and for planning and do most of the navigation in the pod.

Below is a picture of the pod.  You will see that there is a wide ledge in the entrance to the pod which is a great place to sit.  We have also added a cover over the engine which doubles as a table and we put in canvas screens in the hatches into the hulls to keep out the spray when going below in rough weather.  We also added a canvas spray dodger to the pod entrance to give standing headroom there. You can also see the new aft netting which makes a great space to relax on.

 Below is a picture of the galley with its alcohol cooker.  The only changes we have made here are to add the shelves along the side of the boat which give additional storage a work space.

And finally, the pod.  We built a whole new centre section for the boat in order to have the pod and it has made a huge difference to the comfort aboard.  There is the option to convert the pod into a dinette but with just the two of us aboard and warm dry weather we tend to eat in the cockpit and leave the cushions down as it is easier to put the bottom boards from the dinghy on top of them to make a navigation area rather than use the table.  To the left of the picture is an instrument panel which hinges back out of the way against the bulkhead.  We need to move the VHF radio in here and I would like to redo the switch panel at the front of the pod.

Below is a video of a walk around Mango at the time this post was created.