Is it a muffler, or a work of art?

When we lived aboard the "old" Black Pearl , it was never really possible to stay below when we were underway - too loud under power. So that is one of the things John has changed- the engine will be completely encased in steel, AND we will have a muffler. Like everything else, it could not be found "on the shelf" and needed to be specially designed.... but here it is, on the dining room table

Some history of the Black Pearl

John built this 43-foot steel ketch in the back yard of the Sandy Hill house we owned  in downtown Ottawa, Canada. We lived aboard when our kids were small, and cruised to the Bahamas. We "stopped off" in North Carolina, raised the kids, and never even thought of selling her as the leaves accumulated on the deck, mold grew everywhere, and the kids grew up.