Resurrection of Vivace (Now "Got Twins?"): Let there be (Port) Light!

One of the downsides to the Iroquois are the "smallish" berths that without sufficient lighting could be claustrophobic I wanted to give it a bigger feel by letting in more light.

My first decision was to add port lights to the aft berths looking out onto the cockpit area. Cutting holes in a boat is always a cause for deliberation.

I decided to place it in the middle fore to aft. I used the back trim as the template for the cutout.

Unfortunately that was not right. I needed to use the actual port as a template. Fortunately it is bigger than the trim.

Just dry fit for now.

I also wanted to add port lights to the exterior. This required a little more thought as to what else I would put on the outside as well as the paint scheme. Here is a photoshop rendering of the paint scheme I want to go with. Dark Navy Blue with a gold pin stripe.

Sailcraft named their different model catamarans after different Indian nations, such as Iroquois, Comanche and Chieftan. To keep with the theme, I want to utilize the gold pin stripe and create an arrow. This is a condensed version:

The model of my catamaran is an Iroquois and the model is a MKIIA. The hull number is 235.

Besides the port lights, I want to relocate the navigation lights to the hull, so I am going with these new LED lights:

And these are the Port Lights.

I want the port lights and the navigation lights to line up with the gold pin stripe. I decided to locate the pin stripe 6" below the teak rub rail.

I decided to cut out some templates so I could play with their location.

Then I decided to go for it! Dry fit for now. I will permanently place them after I paint in a few months.