Most of you will recognize “Rocinante” as the name of Don Quixote’s horse in Cervantes’ Novel Don Quixote.
Our first Rocinante, an older Catalina 30 TR, was most definitely a “nag” before we transformed her into the vessel she was meant to be; the vessel that would carry us safely as we explored a whole new world!
Here she is before we started working on her…
While not a great photo, here she is all cleaned up with a fresh coat of paint!
Our current Rocinante, a brand spanking new Hanse 400e, underwent it’s own transformation. While certainly no “nag”, we nevertheless took the oppourtunity to make her ours.
My buddy George under the watchful eye of the misses!
We put in a custom mattress, re-designed the interior seating, installed additional house batteries, a wind generator, an inverter, radar, chart plotter, autopilot, new dodger & bimini, etc., etc., etc… In the end, we had what we wanted; a fully loaded, ocean capable but comfortable vessel with tons of storage!
Here she is at rest at the Elizabeth City Town Docks…
Some additional photos…
