STERN IDEAS - Luggage rack off the stern of my Passport 40 Local Talent - Photo attached

[Dean Jones P40 112]

Someone asked for ideas a while back about transom ideas for our butt dragging Passport 40?  I decided it was not worth the money to add a sugar scoop transom.  I already had a Monitor Wind Vane.  So to carry more junk and add a swim platform of sorts, I had this steel rack made about 15 years ago that provided a few solutions. The reason why it is fairly high, is so it is just above the gurgling back wash formed when under sail. I keep four additional fuel tanks back there.  (10 gallons dingy/10 gallons diesel)  It has a slide out boarding ladder mounted beneath on the port side.  It reinforces the strength of the Monitor.  When the dingy is in the water, one fuel tank is missing from it present position in the photo, providing a seat where you can take your fins off or on.  When I'm completely fueled up for passage, it is  a bit stern heavy? But I appreciate having about an 1100 mile range at 1400 RPM running at 4 knots with an Auto Prop.  It might not be very pretty, but it is useful!   I keep an eye on my original steering quadrant?  But knock on teak, no issues with my 1986 #112. Best, Dean Jones - Originally from Sausalito, I'm departing New Zealand this Saturday for Fiji. 

[Bill Schmidt]

Ah, the passage to Fiji. Enjoy, Dean. Avoid cannibals.
Billy Manana

On 5/6/2015 6:27 PM, Dean Jones P40 112 wrote:

Someone asked for ideas a while back about transom ideas for our butt dragging Passport 40?  I decided it was not worth the money to add a sugar scoop transom.  I already had a Monitor Wind Vane.  So to carry more junk and add a swim platform of sorts, I had this steel rack made about 15 years ago that provided a few solutions. The reason why it is fairly high, is so it is just above the gurgling back wash formed when under sail. I keep four additional fuel tanks back there.  (10 gallons dingy/10 gallons diesel)  It has a slide out boarding ladder mounted beneath on the port side.  It reinforces the strength of the Monitor.  When the dingy is in the water, one fuel tank is missing from it present position in the photo, providing a seat where you can take your fins off or on.  When I'm completely fueled up for passage, it is  a bit stern heavy? But I appreciate having about an 1100 mile range at 1400 RPM running at 4 knots with an Auto Prop.  It might not be very pretty, but it is useful!   I keep an eye on my original steering quadrant?  But knock on teak, no issues with my 1986 #112. Best, Dean Jones - Originally from Sausalito, I'm departing New Zealand this Saturday for Fiji. 

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[Kenyon Stewart]

Thanks for the picture Dean.  I've been planning on doing something like this on Outbound to help with getting on/off.  I ditched the stupid ladder that was on it like Billy suggested, and have been using a cheap West Marine boarding ladder for the side that just hooks over the cap rail.  In a choppy anchorage it's a real trick to use it without going in the drink.

I don't think the 47 has quite as much of a problem with being ass-heavy as the 40 because our fuel tanks aren't back there and the cockpit is longer so there is somewhat more buoyancy.  However, I do have a generator, water maker, stern anchor, davits and more back there.  Because of this, I was thinking of having my stern platform made of aluminum instead of stainless.  It won't look quite as shiny, but it should be a good bit lighter.