Three things caused me to do this modification...1. I was tired of stubbing my toes on the windlass, 2. I was tired of the lazy sheet getting caught on the windlass when I unfurled the genoa, 3. The last straw was when the windlass would leak if we took water over the bow, causing a flood in the V berth. I repaired the leaks in the windlass with a kit from Maxwell, but figure that it will only be a matter of time before the O rings go bad again and I'll have another mess to clean up. This cover has been replaced with an inverted stainless bowl.  It looks much nicer and more nautical.  It still accomplishes all of the above goals.

I put the Edson motor mount on the port rail since it was the only place I could put it. It holds a 15hp Mercury. I noticed that the rail would flex when it was rough and I wanted to put a stop to it before it caused damage. I installed an angled brace from the top rail down to the deck and it is very solid now.

Aft Washdown

I took out the aft shore water regulator, since I never use it anyway, and changed it over to a washdown for the cockpit area. I had a forward shore water regulator put in by my dealer when the boat was new. In the near future we will be retired and spending much more time on the boat. We will have a dog onboard and there will be times when it won't be able to go to shore in a timely manner. I will train it to do it's "duty" on a piece of outdoor carpeting and then I will be able to wash down the area using this spray hose.