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The before pictures of Unicorn, a 1980 Venture Newport 23, found in San Jose and brought back to Colorado to make ready for adventures in the Sea ofCortez ! |
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I love the lines of the VN23 and when I found this boat in mint condition I got excited at the prospect of bringing her back to better than new condition. |
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That blue tape is covering a hole where a rudimentary depth gauge was at some time. |
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This deck hardware was history first off. I'm replacing it with spinlock rope clutches for the halyards and spinlock powercleats for the jib and yankee sheets. |
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Looking forward at the vberth and "potti" bulkhead. The carpet is gone and being replaced with a mahogany plywood headliner. Bulkhead is out and will probably not return - as is anyway. |
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As you can see, the interior is hardly used. The sliding galley did not comeo with it to me. First major project is new wiring throughout and a mahogany bulkhead being fashioned for the companionway. There are so many possibilities for the interior ! This boat only had 6 registrations on it in 20 + years !
Stay tuned for the "after" pics ! |
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