The Acrux
In 1991 I bought a Cross 42, which is a 42' trimaran designed by Norman Cross. It was in pretty poor shape, for the previous owner had not taken very good care of it. For example he didn't pay the guy who was shoveling it and when enough snow accumulated it sank. Well, not quite--but the decks were completely awash (it won't sink, for it is lighter than water). This, along with years of neglect, resulted in complete loss of all electrical components except maybe half the electrical wires. The stove was toast (I left it there for years, just as a platform on which to put my camp stove); the interior paint was coming off by the handful; the table and hardwood shelf fronts took hours to restore (etc, etc). The outside of the boat wasn't in much better shape.
Since I acquired it I have spent a lot of time working on it, and am slowing restoring it to new condition (though I don't expect to finish this project for many years.) One of the first major projects was to replace the fiberglass over the main cabin, for it was leaking. While I was at it, I added 1.5 inches of blue Styrofoam insulation, for I spend a lot of time on the boat in the winter, and that wide roof made it hard to heat (especially with 50 mph winds and temperatures below 0)!
Acrux is for the alpha star in the southern cross. (Alpha Crux). Since crux is Spanish for cross, it is pronounced 'cruz', thus 'Acrux' = 'a-cruz'
I keep a slip for it in Valdez, Alaska.
The following are the logbooks I've kept intermittently.
1996
1997