Photos of the Acrux, taken 7/11/02
Roll D

Disclaimer: please note that these photos were taken explicitly to show the damage to the boat, and not to enhance it's value or appearance. Therefore there is a perponderance of photos of damage, and not very many photos showing the good things of the boat. The photos were taken in a fair hurry in the rain (5 rolls--120 photos--within about an hour of time!), so the picture quality isn't the best--for which I appologize. However, they do show the problems, which is why I took them!

The other rolls:

  • Roll A
  • Roll B
  • Roll C
  • Roll E



    Photo 1 did not work.

    2. Burnt area, from floor to Nav table. Shows bilge
    pump, patch that is burnt through the hull, etc.
    Burnt part is painted white to seal odor.

    3. Burnt area detail, showing side and the bottom of
    the Nav table. Sponge in lower center is about 3
    by 4.5 inches. All areas painted bright white are burnt.

    4. Burnt area detail. Shows bilge pump. Sponge in
    top center is about 3 by 4.5 inches. All areas
    painted bright white are burnt.

    5. Starboard outrigger hull, shows fiberglass
    delamination. Looking foreward.

    6. Starboard outrigger hull closeup. Shows areas
    which have been sanded through multible layers of
    wood (1-2 usually).

    7. Starboard outrigger hull closeup. Shows areas
    which have been sanded through multible layers of
    wood (1-2 usually).

    8. Starboard outrigger hull closeup. Shows area of
    old damage that had been previously repaired and
    fiberglass delamination.

    9. Starboard outrigger hull, shows fiberglass
    delamination. Looking aft.

    10. Aft end of Acrux, showing aft cabin, starboard
    outrigger, masts, mast ladder and aft compartment.
    Port window is boarded up.

    11. Aft end of boat, showing old framework that used to
    stick out from the aft end; motor mount and fiberglass
    that has been sanded.

    12. Aft end detail, showing old framework and how it
    penetrates the aft end--and how it is broken off.

    13. Aft end hatch & compartment. Also shows aft cabin windows.

    14. Mizzen mast base and aft cabin roof.

    15. Port outrigger, shows hatches, safety lines, main
    cabin windows (sort of--they are fiberglassed over so
    you can't see them unless you know where to look!).
    Also shows the side of the outrigger, which used to be
    like that of the starboard side (missing fiberglass),
    but has been re-glassed.

    16. Low quality version of #17; deleted.

    17. Port outrigger aft end and outrigger vent. Shows
    sanded fiberglass on hulls, also mizzen mast wire
    attachment and vent (top left center).

    18. Fuzzy view of the patched hole in the hull (center
    left), caused by the fire. Black spot is smoke damage
    from fire.

    19. Aft end, showing bridge between outrigger and main
    hull. Shows fiberglass tearing off.

    20. Aft end, showing crack in fiberglass (just above
    center of photo, running from hull on right to open
    hatch corner on left). The cracks has been coated
    with resin.

    21. Port outrigger and deck area, looking foreward. In
    the right center the fiberglass is peeling from the
    edge of the cockpit wall. Lower right corner shows
    boarded up aft cabin window. Shows the three hatches
    into the outrigger. Safety lines to the left.

    22. Port outrigger, showing center hatch, and the main
    cabin windows and roof.

    23. Port side foreward hatch. Shows end of mast ladder
    wire (top left center) and window into main cabin, and
    main cabin roof.

    24. Top view of port bow, showing vent and broken tip.


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