Coolboats to admire

[Sail4beer 2,089]

Yes. It made me do a double take. The brightwork needs attention, but , other than that it is in very nice condition

[Bull City 1,543]

On 12/23/2020 at 9:08 PM, SloopJonB said:

sensible investment grade sailboats

Surely you jest, sir.

[Bull City 1,543]

I recommend this thread: "Old racer back to water"

It's by Pertsa, a very knowledgeable fellow, who is restoring a wooden 5.5 meter. Very interesting, good photos. Get in on the ground floor.

 

[no shoes 43]

On 12/22/2020 at 4:39 PM, socalrider said:

So I actually posted this on the mocking thread because... well they're asking $49k for a Cal 29.  Actually saw the boat yesterday and it is really amazing.  I've never seen a boat in better shape - much better than when it was new I'm sure.  It looks like a Morris or a Hinkley inside.  Owner claims they spent $200k and I believe it.  Just amazing.  If anyone's looking for a perfect 30'-er this is the one; owner's probably willing to deal too.  No affiliation.  

https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1969/cal-sloop-3725853/

It's at Southwestern. It's phenomenal. Like a new boat. Someone is going to get a steal when she's "got to go". 

[Steam Flyer 5,058]

6 minutes ago, no shoes said:

On 12/22/2020 at 7:39 PM, socalrider said:

It's at Southwestern. It's phenomenal. Like a new boat. Someone is going to get a steal when she's "got to go". 

It's still a Cal 29

Nice but not -that- nice. It's like expending a huge amount of money and effort to trick out a Ford LTD station wagon. Yeah I'm sure people have done that too.

Any sailboat falls in the category of an irrational purchase. But comparing this to other boats in the same price range, the only reason to pick this one is that it has some particular feature you REALLY like, such as your grandpa had one when you were young and you just feel very happy sitting on it, reminiscing.

FB- Doug

 

 

[no shoes 43]

2 minutes ago, Steam Flyer said:

It's still a Cal 29

Nice but not -that- nice. It's like expending a huge amount of money and effort to trick out a Ford LTD station wagon. Yeah I'm sure people have done that too.

Any sailboat falls in the category of an irrational purchase. But comparing this to other boats in the same price range, the only reason to pick this one is that it has some particular feature you REALLY like, such as your grandpa had one when you were young and you just feel very happy sitting on it, reminiscing.

FB- Doug

 

 

Oh, for sure. I wasn't saying it was a wise financial decision to invest $200,000 into a $14,000 boat. I'm just saying, It's gonna go for $30,000 and someone will get a deal. It truly needs to be seen to appreciate. Its just a 1969 Cal 29, but if you compare it to a late 80's Catalina 30 that has not had a big refit, I'd take this Cal. Just a cool boat to admire. 

[SloopJonB 8,307]

2 hours ago, Steam Flyer said:

It's still a Cal 29

Nice but not -that- nice. It's like expending a huge amount of money and effort to trick out a Ford LTD station wagon.

More like a '68 Camaro.

[Crash 567]

Yeah, but which 68 Camaro?  The Secretary special with a straight six and a 2 speed slushbox? Or a SS with a big block and 4 on the floor?

[SloopJonB 8,307]

Probably a 327 Turbo 350 with bucket seats level.

When it came out the Cal 2-29 was a fairly high performance boat - lots of stuff was still full keel then.

[Black Sox 711]

10 hours ago, Steam Flyer said:

It's still a Cal 29

Nice but not -that- nice. It's like expending a huge amount of money and effort to trick out a Ford LTD station wagon. Yeah I'm sure people have done that too.

Any sailboat falls in the category of an irrational purchase. But comparing this to other boats in the same price range, the only reason to pick this one is that it has some particular feature you REALLY like, such as your grandpa had one when you were young and you just feel very happy sitting on it, reminiscing.

FB- Doug

 

 

I heard an expression used in the motor trade about boy racers putting stripes on cars and thinking that it made them faster, “You can paint shite gold.”

[Steam Flyer 5,058]

9 hours ago, SloopJonB said:

Probably a 327 Turbo 350 with bucket seats level.

When it came out the Cal 2-29 was a fairly high performance boat - lots of stuff was still full keel then.

It was a little sister of the Cal 40 but that was a boat far outdistanced it's racer-cruiser kin contemporaries. The 29? Not so much, at least as far as I recall. I raced a Cal 34 BITD and it was nice but not a front runner.

4 hours ago, Black Sox said:

I heard an expression used in the motor trade about boy racers putting stripes on cars and thinking that it made them faster, “You can paint shite gold.”

Harsh but true

FB- Doug

[socalrider 427]

2 hours ago, Steam Flyer said:

It was a little sister of the Cal 40 but that was a boat far outdistanced it's racer-cruiser kin contemporaries. The 29? Not so much, at least as far as I recall. I raced a Cal 34 BITD and it was nice but not a front runner.

Harsh but true

FB- Doug

Yeah I kept thinking how much better spent that $200k would have been on a Cal 40. That’s a boat that (in my opinion) has the aesthetics and pedigree to warrant such extravagance. The Cal 29 is just too similar to a million other GRP 30-ish footers. 
 

I do think though that the buyer of this boat will get something special for a trivial (in boat terms) premium.  I’d buy it if I were looking for a cruiseable 30 footer.  Easy to put $20k into a $15k boat and not get anywhere remotely near the same finish. 

[SemiSalt 201]

3 hours ago, Steam Flyer said:

It was a little sister of the Cal 40 but that was a boat far outdistanced it's racer-cruiser kin contemporaries. The 29? Not so much, at least as far as I recall. I raced a Cal 34 BITD and it was nice but not a front runner.

Harsh but true

FB- Doug

I don't know how it looks in hind sight, but the Cal 30-2 raised a ruckus when came out. A lot of the racing community thought it was a rule beater.

https://www.gjenvick.com/BangorPunta/CalBoats/30FootYachts/Cal2-30-HotNewOceanRacer-1969.html

 

[Sail4beer 2,089]

Did someone say “ample freeboard?!”

 

[TwoLegged 1,022]

3 hours ago, SemiSalt said:

I don't know how it looks in hind sight, but the Cal 30-2 raised a ruckus when came out. A lot of the racing community thought it was a rule beater.

https://www.gjenvick.com/BangorPunta/CalBoats/30FootYachts/Cal2-30-HotNewOceanRacer-1969.html

"high aspect 15/16ths sail plan"

The definition of "high aspect" has changed a bit in the last 50 years.

 

[bridhb 530]

6 hours ago, socalrider said:

Yeah I kept thinking how much better spent that $200k would have been on a Cal 40. That’s a boat that (in my opinion) has the aesthetics and pedigree to warrant such extravagance. The Cal 29 is just too similar to a million other GRP 30-ish footers. 
 

I do think though that the buyer of this boat will get something special for a trivial (in boat terms) premium.  I’d buy it if I were looking for a cruiseable 30 footer.  Easy to put $20k into a $15k boat and not get anywhere remotely near the same finish. 

Yep, in the process but I suck at making things look pretty.

[MauiPunter 711]

I have to offer this boat up for consideration.  Just watched this video on the SA youtube channel.

 

 

 

[MauiPunter 711]

In before "it's a death trap".

[Priscilla 2,324]

https://www.sail-world.com/news/229589/Top-designer-builder-and-sailor-Jim-Young-dies

 

[Bull City 1,543]

8 hours ago, MauiPunter said:

In before "it's a death trap".

I would gladly die in her. A narrow, tiller steered beauty.

[Bull City 1,543]

https://www.smartmarineguide.com/L51313343

1969 NZ-37 $37,500

Not as nice as the one in the video, but...

[SASSAFRASS 543]

Sea Eagle two, I guess everyone has to have a schooner now.  I think they may have called the cops when we tried to anchor near them, ended up going right to haulout so didn't find out but the blue light boat came zooming over when we slowed down. To drop the hook before moving.

[SloopJonB 8,307]

???

Are you saying if you have a big enough sailboat the police will shoo other boats away like they do for military vessels?

[MauiPunter 711]

4 hours ago, Bull City said:

I would gladly die in her. A narrow, tiller steered beauty.

It has an offset companionway, so, had to nip that in the bud. 

[Bull City 1,543]

20 minutes ago, MauiPunter said:

It has an offset companionway, so, had to nip that in the bud. 

Did you think the SA guy was overly mystified by it? I mean, he could have just said, "Off set companionway," and driven on.

[Priscilla 2,324]

On 12/31/2020 at 7:42 AM, Bull City said:

Did you think the SA guy was overly mystified by it? I mean, he could have just said, "Off set companionway," and driven on.

Prehistoric skater guy was blinded by all that Kauri it rendered him unable to focus on pressing matters of health and saftey.

[OSPREY 155]

This just sailed into Bahia Honda key

[TwoLegged 1,022]

That's a stunner, @OSPREY.  I want!

Can you find out more about her?

[OSPREY 155]

In the morning I’ll row over and ask 

[Veeger 337]

Looks like a Norwalk Sharpie

 

[Jim in Halifax 252]

3 minutes ago, Veeger said:

Looks like a Norwalk Sharpie

 

It does, but they are all hard chine designs.

[OSPREY 155]

The owner designed and built the boat himself, just beautiful 

 

[SloopJonB 8,307]

Remember when boats got mocked for high freeboard?

[Bristol-Cruiser 1,065]

On 1/2/2021 at 5:56 PM, OSPREY said:

This just sailed into Bahia Honda key

How do you sheet the mizzen? I don't see a boomkin.

[chester 668]

2 minutes ago, Bristol-Cruiser said:

How do you sheet the mizzen? I don't see a boomkin.

in the pic you used the boomkin looks like beach.  in this pick you see the white, horizontal boomkin, i think.:

[Kris Cringle 1,068]

Is this a Hood 32? The headstay is on the stem, unlike the H32. 

[slap 425]

1 hour ago, Kris Cringle said:

Is this a Hood 32? The headstay is on the stem, unlike the H32. 

The Hood 32 has the forestay further aft and the bow comes more to a point.

 

 

[Veeger 337]

There was a custom 30'er that's been kicking around the Maine coast for a number of years.  I've only seen a few pics, it wasn't promoted by the builder or designer.  I 'think' it could have been a Bob Stephens design and I want to say French and Webb did it.  I haven't tracked it because it is too small for me and didn't have any accommodations.  I think the last time I saw anything on it, it had been spiffed up and re-worked rig-wise.  Maybe this will jog someone's memory...

[SloopJonB 8,307]

3 hours ago, slap said:

The Hood 32 has the forestay further aft and the bow comes more to a point.

 

 

Those boats are gorgeous but if a boat is kept in the water I want a self bailing cockpit.

Someone used to keep a Tempest or Soling on a buoy in a cove near me - it was tarped but it must have sunk 4 or 5 times in the time it was there.

[Cruisin Loser 1,477]

7 hours ago, Kris Cringle said:

Is this a Hood 32? The headstay is on the stem, unlike the H32. 

Do you have another angle? I want to say IOD but the bow seems wrong.

 

[slap 425]

14 minutes ago, Cruisin Loser said:

Do you have another angle? I want to say IOD but the bow seems wrong.

 

Bow is wrong, forestay isn't far enough back, and there doesn't look like there is room under the cover for the little cabin trunk that's on the IOD.

[Matagi 790]

Focus 800 ds looks close, but is dutch.

[Cruisin Loser 1,477]

8 minutes ago, slap said:

Bow is wrong, forestay isn't far enough back, and there doesn't look like there is room under the cover for the little cabin trunk that's on the IOD.

I agree, but it seemed to be moored off Northeast Harbor. They race Luders 16's and IOD's. 

That Focus does look close.

Tofinou 7?

[Matagi 790]

12 minutes ago, Cruisin Loser said:

Tofinou 7?

Bow is close, yes, forestay more forward in the Tofinous, they also look a bit more compact to me.

Here's a video of the Focus, probably Heeg, Friesland.

Great. Now I want one.

[Cruisin Loser 1,477]

Just now, Matagi said:

Bow is close, yes, forestay more forward in the Tofinous, they also look a bit more compact to me.

Here's a video of the Focus, probably Heeg, Friesland.

 

Yeah, that has cockpit coaming forward of the mast that I don't see in KK's pic. Great looking boat. 

 

[Sail4beer 2,089]

I looked at a Tofino 7 years ago as a daysailor. The bow was full compared to this boat. I thought it was one at first glance, but it doesn’t have a chrome bow tang like Tofino

[Matagi 790]

11 minutes ago, Cruisin Loser said:

Yeah, that has cockpit coaming forward of the mast that I don't see in KK's pic. Great looking boat. 

 

Well spotted.

I would suspect a one-off, mast looks carbon to me. Also 32 ft would be a goid guess, hard to tell.

Bow reminds me of a Spaekhugger bow, a bit, this increasing curve. Rest not, of course.

Smaller, also similar nose

Scangaard 21

 

 

[chester 668]

4 hours ago, Matagi said:

Well spotted.

I would suspect a one-off, mast looks carbon to me. Also 32 ft would be a goid guess, hard to tell.

Bow reminds me of a Spaekhugger bow, a bit, this increasing curve. Rest not, of course.

Smaller, also similar nose

Scangaard 21

 

 

sweet!

[Crash 567]

3 hours ago, chester said:

sweet!

Be sweeter without that curved self-tacking jib track.  Geez, its a 21 foot boat.  Who can't tack the jib of a 21' boat with a simple tug on the jib sheet?  Plus then you could have a 105 or 110 sized jib, instead of that less than 100 one on the self tacker.  Other than that, it's killer sweet!

[fufkin 387]

The 32 ish day sailor, originally posted by Kris K  with the Tripp style bow did not have the unfortunate self tacking set up that the Scangaard has.

 

edit: maybe the mystery boat is more like 28 ft

[alphafb552 426]

12 hours ago, Matagi said:

...

probably Heeg, Friesland.

...

Close, but it's Sneek!

[Kris Cringle 1,068]

Here's a couple more. The light wasn't great. 

Tiny stern, someone went deep into the line details. Also noticed it had a laid teak deck and a beautiful toe rail like a rim around a piece of furniture. 

[chester 668]

1 hour ago, Kris Cringle said:

Here's a couple more. The light wasn't great. 

Tiny stern, someone went deep into the line details. Also noticed it had a laid teak deck and a beautiful toe rail like a rim around a piece of furniture. 

on docks we call them bull rails and they really are the best!

[Kris Cringle 1,068]

This is a Foxeye. 

Mistakenly called an H 12 1/2  because when first built, most H 12 1/2's were gaff-rigged,... and called H 12 1/2's.

The Foxeye is Marconi rigged(you'll have to trust me because of the cropped photo).

In fact, Herreshoff named this Marconi rigged version, the Bulleye. He was wrong. This is a Foxeye. 

Then the H 12 1/2 was built in fiberglass and it was called the Doughdish. Not only is Doughdish a stupid name, the Marconi rigged version of the Doughdish, below, is called the Foxeye. 

There is a lot of confusion around the H 12 1/2(Fischers Island, Haven,...).

Here's the thing: If it's sailing anywhere near the Fox Islands (this one is sailing in the Fox Island Thoroughfare), and it has a Marconi rig,...it's a Foxeye. Dammit. 

[MauiPunter 711]

Tell us how you really feel. 

[mgs 98]

On 1/6/2021 at 6:42 AM, Kris Cringle said:

Here's a couple more. The light wasn't great. 

If I didn’t know any better I’d say that’s the Spitfire French/Webb built a handful of years ago.

you took that? The boat was sold recently supposedly...

[Veeger 337]

27 minutes ago, mgs said:

If I didn’t know any better I’d say that’s the Spitfire French/Webb built a handful of years ago.

you took that? The boat was sold recently supposedly...

Bingo!  I knew it.  https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1163183597100267&id=286299924788643

 

On 1/5/2021 at 7:55 AM, Veeger said:

There was a custom 30'er that's been kicking around the Maine coast for a number of years.  I've only seen a few pics, it wasn't promoted by the builder or designer.  I 'think' it could have been a Bob Stephens design and I want to say French and Webb did it.  I haven't tracked it because it is too small for me and didn't have any accommodations.  I think the last time I saw anything on it, it had been spiffed up and re-worked rig-wise.  Maybe this will jog someone's memory...

Thanks for getting it...

[mgs 98]

29 minutes ago, Veeger said:

Bingo!  I knew it.  https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1163183597100267&id=286299924788643

 

Thanks for getting it...

I think the designer/original owner was out on the west coast, with lofty hopes of the boat becoming a class

[Kris Cringle 1,068]

11 hours ago, mgs said:

If I didn’t know any better I’d say that’s the Spitfire French/Webb built a handful of years ago.

you took that? The boat was sold recently supposedly...

Bingo! The boat is now in my harbor. 

https://frenchwebb.weebly.com/gotham.html

[Matagi 790]

This is next level! I love it, thanks so much!

[eliboat 277]

15 hours ago, Kris Cringle said:

This is a Foxeye. 

Mistakenly called an H 12 1/2  because when first built, most H 12 1/2's were gaff-rigged,... and called H 12 1/2's.

The Foxeye is Marconi rigged(you'll have to trust me because of the cropped photo).

In fact, Herreshoff named this Marconi rigged version, the Bulleye. He was wrong. This is a Foxeye. 

Then the H 12 1/2 was built in fiberglass and it was called the Doughdish. Not only is Doughdish a stupid name, the Marconi rigged version of the Doughdish, below, is called the Foxeye. 

There is a lot of confusion around the H 12 1/2(Fischers Island, Haven,...).

Here's the thing: If it's sailing anywhere near the Fox Islands (this one is sailing in the Fox Island Thoroughfare), and it has a Marconi rig,...it's a Foxeye. Dammit. 

12-1/2, doughdish, foxeye, haven.... they’re all wicked slow. 

[Steam Flyer 5,058]

17 minutes ago, eliboat said:

12-1/2, doughdish, foxeye, haven.... they’re all wicked slow. 

That gives the onlookers more time to enjoy them

FB- Doug

[Kris Cringle 1,068]

25 minutes ago, eliboat said:

12-1/2, doughdish, foxeye, haven.... they’re all wicked slow. 

It's all relative, sailing is delightfully slow. 

I was trying to channel yacht club stuffiness (unsuccessfully), in this case the Casino on North Haven Island.

Talk about slow - their NH dinghy class:

Here's it's background from a yacht historian: 

Overview

The North Haven Dinghy is the oldest, continually raced one-design craft in America. Its prototype was a tender on early summer resident William Weld’s yacht ‘Gitana’, as depicted in the 1887 photo in our historical pictures section. Dinghies became exceedingly popular among the Casino community. Members recall a record 96 of them that competed in one Pulpit Harbor Race during the early Forties! And their sails and hulls then were gaily and variously colored (see the photo of the Pettit’s lovely diorama of a race in progress crafted at that time.)

 

John Alden made the class official in 1919 and took the lines off the original to create an Alden design #. 

 

Slow, available in glass or plank on frame,  and still popular, more than a century later. 

 

 

 

 

[mgs 98]

2 hours ago, Kris Cringle said:

Bingo! The boat is now in my harbor. 

https://frenchwebb.weebly.com/gotham.html

Find a yacht broker in that red building you know so well and see what he says about the boat

[On The Hard 358]

Hitting that link resulted in some interesting boats. This one is definitely a cool boat to admire! But a winch on the cockpit table? WTF

https://frenchwebb.weebly.com/erica.html

 

Gorgeous boat though

[mgs 98]

1 hour ago, On The Hard said:

Hitting that link resulted in some interesting boats. This one is definitely a cool boat to admire! But a winch on the cockpit table? WTF

https://frenchwebb.weebly.com/erica.html

 

Gorgeous boat though

where do you want the mainsheet led?

[On The Hard 358]

1 hour ago, mgs said:

where do you want the mainsheet led?

Somewhere other than the middle of my cocktail table. I've seen lots of boats over the years and that's a first. But if that's what the owner wants, then who am I to criticize?

[TwoLegged 1,022]

8 minutes ago, On The Hard said:

1 hour ago, mgs said:

where do you want the mainsheet led?

Somewhere other than the middle of my cocktail table. I've seen lots of boats over the years and that's a first. But if that's what the owner wants, then who am I to criticize?

I am one of those dinosaurs who is old enough to remember when ordinary mortals sailed yachts without any table in the cockpit ... and cocktail tables were the sort of thing which we imagined might be fitted to superyachts in the Med.

[On The Hard 358]

Just now, TwoLegged said:

I am one of those dinosaurs who is old enough to remember when ordinary mortals sailed yachts without any table in the cockpit ... and cocktail tables were the sort of thing which we imagined might be fitted to superyachts in the Med.

Truth be told, I never in my life sailed on one until we did a chartered Beneteau back in 2019. If you aren't racing, it's kinda nice. 

[TwoLegged 1,022]

1 minute ago, On The Hard said:

Truth be told, I never in my life sailed on one until we did a chartered Beneteau back in 2019. If you aren't racing, it's kinda nice. 

Slippery slope.  Next thing you'll be wanting a real pillow in your berth  

[eliboat 277]

7 hours ago, Kris Cringle said:

It's all relative, sailing is delightfully slow. 

I was trying to channel yacht club stuffiness (unsuccessfully), in this case the Casino on North Haven Island.

Talk about slow - their NH dinghy class:

Here's it's background from a yacht historian: 

Overview

The North Haven Dinghy is the oldest, continually raced one-design craft in America. Its prototype was a tender on early summer resident William Weld’s yacht ‘Gitana’, as depicted in the 1887 photo in our historical pictures section. Dinghies became exceedingly popular among the Casino community. Members recall a record 96 of them that competed in one Pulpit Harbor Race during the early Forties! And their sails and hulls then were gaily and variously colored (see the photo of the Pettit’s lovely diorama of a race in progress crafted at that time.)

 

John Alden made the class official in 1919 and took the lines off the original to create an Alden design #. 

 

Slow, available in glass or plank on frame,  and still popular, more than a century later. 

 

 

 

 

I love the NH dinghy. I always enjoy catching a race in action as I head for the thoroughfare. 

[us7070 286]

On 1/5/2021 at 4:46 PM, slap said:

Bow is wrong, forestay isn't far enough back, and there doesn't look like there is room under the cover for the little cabin trunk that's on the IOD.

that's an IOD

[Kris Cringle 1,068]

18 hours ago, eliboat said:

I love the NH dinghy. I always enjoy catching a race in action as I head for the thoroughfare. 

Me too. I stumbled on this watercolor on Instagram. 

[Hukilau 128]

23 hours ago, On The Hard said:

Truth be told, I never in my life sailed on one until we did a chartered Beneteau back in 2019. If you aren't racing, it's kinda nice. 

I installed this table in my cockpit at the end of last season.  Sailed with it a grand total of once before putting the boat away for the winter.  Don't know how I did without it before.

[Raz'r 3,349]

On 12/26/2020 at 8:39 PM, SloopJonB said:

Probably a 327 Turbo 350 with bucket seats level.

When it came out the Cal 2-29 was a fairly high performance boat - lots of stuff was still full keel then.

High School friend is doing a top to bottom high-end job on a '69 Javelin. Let's not ask why.

[Pertsa 72]

5.5 metre class boat from 1951, just look at that hull shape, it is early 50´s after all.

 

[MauiPunter 711]

such a sexy stern

 

[Steam Flyer 5,058]

6 hours ago, Raz'r said:

High School friend is doing a top to bottom high-end job on a '69 Javelin. Let's not ask why.

The boat Javelin or the car Javelin?

FB- Doug

[Ishmael 6,145]

7 hours ago, Raz'r said:

High School friend is doing a top to bottom high-end job on a '69 Javelin. Let's not ask why.

I was a passenger in one of those when my friend bought one new off the lot. Red with white stripes. You could feel it disintegrating underneath you as the smell of burnt tires wafted in the window.

[Black Sox 711]

On 1/13/2021 at 6:52 PM, TwoLegged said:

Slippery slope.  Next thing you'll be wanting a real pillow in your berth  

Pillows, forsooth!

Kids deze daze

[Matagi 790]

La Vie en Rose

Gorgeous, I love this open space downstairs.

Full story over at woodenboat.com

[alphafb552 426]

When you name your boat 'La Vie en Rose',  you really should have the balls to paint her pink...

[Diarmuid 654]

4 hours ago, alphafb552 said:

When you name your boat 'La Vie en Rose',  you really should have the balls to paint her pink...

Edith only ever wore black, tho.

 

[Ishmael 6,145]

8 hours ago, Matagi said:

La Vie en Rose

Gorgeous, I love this open space downstairs.

Full story over at woodenboat.com

I love the way it looks. I see no way of getting privacy in the V-berth however. I like to close the door and let my wife sleep when I get up early. 

[Cruisin Loser 1,477]

8 minutes ago, Ishmael said:

I love the way it looks. I see no way of getting privacy in the V-berth however. I like to close the door and let my wife sleep when I get up early. 

A curtain would be simple for light.  For sound, ask @Tucky for his secret to silent coffe making in the AM. The guy is a ghost.

[Bull City 1,543]

On 1/15/2021 at 5:08 AM, Matagi said:

Gorgeous, I love this open space downstairs.

"Downstairs?" Forsooth!

[Crash 567]

59 minutes ago, Bull City said:

"Downstairs?" Forsooth!

Not to mention that the fisheye lens used to take the pic likely makes “a long open tunnel” look like “open space” 

[SloopJonB 8,307]

1 hour ago, Bull City said:

On 1/15/2021 at 2:08 AM, Matagi said:

Gorgeous, I love this open space downstairs.

"Downstairs?" Forsooth!

Downstairs in the Salon/Kitchen area to be precise.