My Yacht : Sapphire

Sapphire is an Eastcoast 31, a production sloop of the late 1970's, designed by a well known and highly respected Australian designer called Peter Cole.He designed a 1986 Americas Cup defender called Steak and Kidney, but many other Peter Cole designs of yachts both smaller and larger than the EC 31.went into production. An EC 31 is recorded as the handicap winner of the first ever Lord Howe Island race, which is a 414 nautical mile ocean yacht race from Gosford, just north of Sydney to Lord Howe Island , one third of the way to New Zealand. They have also completed numerous Sydney to Hobart races, and are still sailed in Club races around Sydney Harbour and elsewhere in Australia. Its great to think they were once thought of as modern and cutting edge, but now they are hopelessly outdated and slow by comparison with modern yachts. But everyone regards them as strong and seaworthy. Sapphire is 10 feet wide, draws almost 6 feet, and weighs just over 4 tonnes.

This is the Nav station - theres a VHF radio behind the sliding panelling.