Bob and Sandy White
New Maxwell 3500 fits well in place of the original, smaller Maxwell
Finely tuned performance specs for a Cummins 4BT3.9M engine
The WH autopilot rests inside this custom addition to the instrument panel.
Custom overhead console incorporates the windshield washer motors, window air blowers, and electronic equipment.
Integral window defogger vents.
Custom table top over stateroom stairs.
Peg holds custom table top in place.
Carpet is cut and then bound to conform to stairwell.
Carpet binding.
Head to port. The head has been electrified.
The cat's litter box, which is kept on the stern deck, is cat-accessible via an openning in the window.
Here's Sandy showing that the litter box is zipped inside a bag. The cats do their 'business' outside while the bag keeps the cats safely inside the boat. The cats' feet are automatically cleaned of litter as they cross a piece of carpet strategically placed between the litter box and window.
Custom cabinet on left contains a washer/dryer.
Custom cabinet by companionway.
Settee.
Starboard galley has a custom cabinet and wine rack.
Custom drawer makes the large area under the oven more accessible.
Custom bow seat. Bob says on nice days he sits here and pilots with the autopilot's remote.
Behind the bow seat is some storage area.
Curves are inkeeping with the LNVT theme.
Custom dingy davits.
This custom mast and boom incorporate powered winches on both to make dingy raising easier and mast raising/lowering easier too.
The black iorn fuel tanks were removed, replicated in stainless, and the reinstalled. The old accessports were reused. The replacement was done in eastern Canada for about $2000.
Hold downs for the new tanks.
Bob and Sandy, Portland, MA, July 2008.
Cummins 4BT3.9M Airsep CD173 by Walker Engineering. Acts as an intake air filter and equalizer of bypass pressure.
Rudder chocks. Two 1/8" stainless trim tabs, 2" long, that are each bent 90 degrees. They're held in place with three stainless bolts and nuts that pass through holes in the rudders trailing edge.
