07/05/06

Inka III's History!

Inka III has gone thru three upgrades while in our possession.  She was purchased as a kit boat from Morgan in 1968.  She was originally set up for racing with a very lightly constructed interior which needed total replacement in 1979 when we purchased her.  We removed everything except the main bulkheads, which had been installed by Morgan. 

When we purchased her we thought we knew a lot about boats.  Perhaps we did but it was not enough.  In two seasons we discovered that the very light tabbing, to the hull, of the cabinet work was falling apart.  So in 1981 we stated a four year project to rebuild the interior getting only a month or two of sailing during that time.

The new  interior we installed is marine grade plywood, with mostly Mahogany, ash and teak (around the galley) trim.  The ceiling in the main and forward cabin is Alaska Yellow cedar.  Vertical bulkheads are covered with Formica and the overhead is 1/8 inch ply.  We used West Epoxy resin for all laminations of the wood to hull and cabinet joinery. 

In 1985 all the work began to make sense when we took off our other job for a year.  Our travels took us out east on the Sound and southern Mass for the summer, down the Chesapeake and Intercoastal in the Fall and a winter in the Bahamas.  We had rebuilt Inka III with the hopes of going further but those plans changes with family commitments.  Still we had an experice of a lifetime and made many new friends along the way.