Ruta...Bagas - Details

Here are a few pics from our boat...
 
This is the port side counter and compression post. The "step" area between the counters is a convenient place to place the battery. It keeps the weight low and close to the center line. The battery cable runs through the cut out for keel bolt access and over to a switch panel on the starboard side. (Note the bare hull. I've stripped the interior fabric and haven't yet replaced it.)
 
 
 
 
 

The starboard side.
I had to rebuild this entire side due to rot along the base. I left out the starboard cubby hole and but the switch panel in it's place. (Note also the original 70's fabric on the cushions.)
 
 
 
 

Hatch boards for all occasions...
Tinted Plexi - Ply with screen - Snack Center (folding drink holders and a box for chips, crackers etc.)

A handy inspection port to get at the transom nuts and bolts for the pintails, motor mount, main sheet blocks, etc.
Beats crawling to the stern on the inside
 
 
 
 

The winch!
This is the winch that we where given by the previous owner. It's a simple boat trailer winch on a 2 x 6 board. As far as I can tell it is the original winch and board. I have flipped the winch to the bottom side of the board so we can just slide it forward and leave it in front of the companion way when going for a short sail or for quick access in shallow areas. Right now we leave it hooked to the keel as well. Rod Johnson sent me his fathers drawing of the keel plug, (Keel Plug)so I'll soon be returning to the originally designed setup. Winch Board drawing
 

Here is the winch board in it's sailing position, when left hooked to the keel.
We made a new cockpit sole cover from teak veneer marine ply. There's a chrome flush ring pull at the aft end and a slot for the winch rope at the forward end.
 
 
 
 
 

New tinted plexi in the windows.
I don't know if Cal used the same frames on all the 21's but it is easy to replace the plexi on these ones. The frame is held together by an aluminum plate and pop rivets. I removed the interior trim ring, pushed the frame out, and drilled out the rivets. Then eased the old plexi out without breaking it and sent it to a plastics supplier so they could cut new ones using the old as templates. I slid them back into the frame and riveted it back together. I used GE bathroom tub and tile white silicone to seal the frame to the fiberglass, and 4 years later there are still NO leaks. (This picture was taken before I had finished painting the hull so the rub rail is removed) The hand rails where installed by me as well.

Yes Virginia, there are winches!
Our boat has winches. Some sail without. The jib is not really big enough for the winches to be nessesary. We rarely use the regular horned cleat to tie off the jib sheet, preferring the Cam Cleat you see on the backrest portion of the cockpit.
In stronger winds we run the sheet from the leeward winch across to the windward winch, as some Cal 20 racers do. You don't really want to go to leeward in strong winds, unless you want to broach!