Check out my drawers!

It has taken all summer and then some, but we've got the salon in Eclipse set up for how we'd like to travel. Here's what a MacGregor 26S looks like with the stock interior. Note two long benches along the sides. 

Not Eclipse, but this is what we started with. 

Last spring we cut out and glassed over the port and starboard settees, giving us a big blank slate with which to work. Blue tape shows dinette seats and table, which was then transferred to the port side. 

Starboard side. This will become the galley.

Port side. This becomes dinette and closet.

A few sheets of birch veneer plywood, some hinges, latches, glue and screws later – and we've got a nice layout. We swapped the port longitudinal settee for a dinette where two can sit comfortably across a collapsable table. Three is cozy, and a fourth can perch the little stool. Or dine in the cockpit if the weather is conducive. Across from the head is a nice closet with drawers and shelves.

Looking aft from v-berth. Closet and dinette. Mirror by the composting toilet. 

The starboard settee gave way to an expanded galley with more storage and a peltier powered refrigerator, and topped off with tiles.

New galley, sink, propane stove, tiles and cabinets.

It's been a long project, but we're very pleased with the result. It feels comfortable and quite functional.