We have lots of modifications planned for our Leisure 17 before we set off across the Atlantic. Some of these include:

• New mast and boom (Sponsored by Z-Spar)

• Standing rigging upgraded to 4mm all around (sponsored by STA-LOK)

• A Lewmar 70 Ocean Hatch to replace the companionway

• Glass in the forward window

• Glass in the small port and starboard circular windows

• Upgrade the two remaining windows to polycarbonate

• LED Navigation Lights

• Windvane self-steering

• A new skeg, rudder, and tiller

• Extra watertight internal bulkheads between storage compartments and quarterberths

• Lockable locker lids

• Install two cockpit lockers

• New running rigging

• Antifouling (Sponsored by Coppercoat)

• Upgrades bow-eye

• Jacklines on deck

• Harnesss points in the cockpit

• Dorade box ventilation

• SOLAS reflective tape on the topsides

• SOLAS reflective tape on the top of the mast

• Upgrade cockpit drain size and install isolation valves

• Glass up instrument throughulls and move the instruments to a sealed locker

• Install a watermaker (desalinator)