When we first purchased Kiarani
After purchasing Kiarani from Murray and spending a few weeks getting to know her the first thing we decided to do was fit a duckboard and storm covers, another uniquely Kiarani feature is the see through transom hatch, and whilst a great feature, getting back on board after a swim was a pain in the ass! So back to Peter Kerr at the Deagon Slipways she went, our instructions to Peter was to build a nice strong duckboard and did Peter ever deliver hahaha, it does raise up but only with great effort (a little over engineered) and so has spent most of its time in position at the rear ready for a swim
Having done the basics, we took the boat north to the Whitsundays and to her final destination at Airlie Beach, enjoying a brilliant 5–6-week journey along the coast and seeing all manner of fantastic ocean life from whales and dolphins to masses of turtles at one of the moorings. Next we will give you all the technical details starting with the survey report we got on purchase.
Transom Hatch
Duck Board
After getting the rear access sorted, we had storm covers made and fitted to make the lovely rear deck (approx. 4sq mtrs) more user friendly. At a later date inserts were added to the storm covers to allow better air flow while at anchor.