Pearson Triton Atom Refit - Part 1 - Interior Tour

[@ellemdee276]

Not only is this a thoughtful & beautifully crafted refit of the Triton, but the video showing it was as carefully detailed & cleanly edited & polished as the interior. This kind of stuff just makes my heart sing.

[@EricJDiLeo]

Wait! What did I just watch?!! Who is this guy?? Wow! Most amazing video I’ve ever seen! I thought I’d done a lot to my Pearson 30. This dude is beyond amazing!

[@davebenjamin9655]

As a former Triton owner and long time admirer of Alberg designs, I'm blown away with your refit. Well thought out and executed.

[@svZia-Switch51]

Unbelievable amount of detail and forethought in every system. Beautiful.

[@MilburnHarvey]

Nice job and well done. I owned a 1959 7/8 rig, modified in 1960 to a mast head rig. Spent many years sailing out of Newport Beach,Ca.

[@IslandInsanity]

I read a book about a guy that took one of these around the world I think in the 80’s called across Islands and oceans, the boat was also named atom!! Would love a boat like this!

[@Cruiser2B]

Absolutely beautiful work. Just showed this video to my wife....your boat is now the standard I am to refit our Alberg 30 interior to. I told her I'd give it a shot........she said if it cam out half as nice she'd be happy.... I love what have done for all these old classics. Thank you for sharing

[@DazzaOnGoogle]

A great bit of inspiration. Minimalist and luxurious all at once. Nice work.

[@PSR045]

Beautiful refit. I love the beautifully installed wiring, the integral water tanks and sight tubes, all the care and thought that has gone into the re-design of the interior of such a fine yacht.

[@MrA1582000]

You have done a fabulous job. So much thought and planning. Incredible use of available space.

[@paulhester1675]

Inspirational video. Beautiful work. Myself and a friend are looking at refitting our boat. It's a 40" steel hull cruiser. Mix of ply and teak inside looking to replace the timber and update the galley and helm while we're at it. Your video has given me plenty to think about.

[@jamesadams1064]

I know this is an older video but I’ve just finished two of your very enjoyable books. Grew up on Lake St. Clair. Now I’m stuck on an inland lake in TX I have a ‘77 Seafarer 26 that I am enjoying. Thank you for sharing all that you do. Cheers Jim

[@mboyer68]

It seems you've built strengthening vertical grids in the fore area of your boat and called them bookshelves! I'm very impressed with your work..you have an incredible problem solving mind and produce very elegant solutions. Extremely difficult to come up with a few of these elegant solutions, but you have dozens of them on your boat. Damn..

[@rivieramayagaffer]

Brilliant work. What a joy to see!

[@stevet.3630]

Magic! Simplicity at its most beautiful! Love the counterweight on the burner - amongst other details.

[@Siravingmon]

Beautiful detailed craftsmanship!

[@mikederosaj]

Great ideas and innovations. I am restoring a Snapdragon 26 currently and having as much fun doing the work as I expect to have when we finally splash her into the Atlantic. Looking forward to following Atom and yourself on future journeys. Many thanks for your inspiration and stories.

[@robertcole9391]

Nice job! And what is really nice is that all the wiring is clean and linear. It's a shame more people don't commit to such detail. Makes it so much easier to diagnose.

[@camoskill]

Very well laid out design, and very efficient changes. Great work.

[@SuperBullyone]

this is the most elegant beautiful Trition have seen. Outstanding job.

[@patrickwentz8413]

You have sailed that boat so much and you still have so much love for it!

[@lutacrew]

Long time follower....thank you for sharing all you knowledge.... I did buy something... a little larger than we had discussed via email.. have owned my boat for just under 4 months and working through some minor issues and developing a renovation plan...your previous KZbin's and your book have been very helpful.

[@canadians1982]

What a beautiful boat. She is so efficient, I am a big fan of your style, thanks for the inspiration and all the good advices.

[@wayphun72]

Excellent engineering and workmanship! Cant wait to own one of these beauties.

[@Drivewaysailor]

Along with the beautiful craftsmanship displayed, the thought process to plan all this out is also a work of art. As always, your video work is great too. Thanks for sharing!

[@lifeislikesailing]

Amazing restoration!! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@davidallen3784]

Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to film and share your work!

[@MrLightning1200]

Oh my, how inspiring.. you're a true craftsman and do beautiful work! thanks so much for taking us on a tour :-) I can't wait for your next installment, sir!

[@MrLightning1200]

Ps, thanks, for passing your talents on to us younger generation through your videos!

[@TonyAnschutz]

OMG! That is the cleanest most perfectly thought out modifications I have ever seen. Why can't they make that kind of quality and simplicity in new boats. Well done sir. Your attention to detail borders on Obsessive and I love it! Show us more. What did you do on the outside of her?

[@atomvoyager]

Thanks. I've owned Atom for 36 years so that's enough time to get it right. There's plenty of details to show on the exterior too, and I plan to finish that video in the next few weeks. James

[@fexdammit]

the fryingpan counterweight is awesome! good job on the whole project...

[@oceantraderco]

A fab ship Cap..no doubt you had beaucoup sea miles to think about the improvements...nice yacht!

[@stevenmoore4078]

Wow, great detail. Well thought out.

[@BreezyRider66]

Superb thinking and workmanship, I just bought a 1969 Bowman 26, very similar in size and will be doing some refitting along similar lines. If I can get anywhere near this level of fit-out & preparedness for longer trips I'll be very pleased indeed...

[@W4ABN]

Beautiful looking boat. She looks new. Nice job on the refit.

[@tdh001ACCT]

Beautifully done! She is pristine!

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Excellent renovation! Well done! Good narration of the features too.

[@theislandpackrat]

Great video, love it when people show how things are built in the boat. you've done a great job. keep up the video's.

[@Kurlman5150]

Awesome work! Thanks for sharing. Matt

[@realgman1]

Great job! Thanks for sharing this.

[@billbye1432]

a truely beautiful boat! thank you for showing!

[@keepemlo]

Wow you are an artist

[@toms4123]

great planning, beautiful execution

[@sirrealism]

Beautifully done. Thank you for sharing.

[@RicardoAmaro123]

awesome work! the boat it's better than a new boat!!

[@19211926]

Jim you do beautiful work.

[@Lehmann108]

Beautiful job!

[@shakeymay]

You're Talented , wonderful craftsmanship. Thanks for all the Vids, great inspiration .

[@tubeguy8888]

So clean! Great Job!

[@kennonhaneline9313]

Love it. Great refit, Great work.

[@clintdavis3781]

Great job ! I would have put a little yanmar in and had the original port frames re chromed. Keep the lines true to Alberg.

[@jeromemingus6190]

bravo quel super travail !

[@sonofneptunesailing917]

WOW! That is impressive!!!

[@allenbuck5589]

Very nice pristine

[@edholm2859]

nicely done... beautiful

[@justintyme720]

I'm looking at buying a 63 Triton 28 love that Modified full keel

[@ForSeTiTrimaranAvalon9]

Beautiful work.

[@williamhoskins7818]

Beautifully fitted. Appreciate the attention to detail..just saying. Also ! Thank you for not saying " teakwood " or irokowood ". God I hate salesman..again..nice job sir.

[@paulvanderzaal]

Super nice refit o the boat but at all the hull openings like valves or transmitters there are no emergency plugs in place. Hopefully you don.t need them but in case of a leakage its qiite stressful to go and look for the proper plug to go in. Nevertheless the refit looks great.

[@rubennavegante3491]

thanks for the video

[@frankiealas1]

Great job!

[@philo5096]

Great vid and great looking boat. I have a stupid question, when you go number 2 in the toilet does that go out the bottom of the boat or does it go into black water tank like the RV'S have.

[@atomvoyager]

Marine toilets like this, other than composting type, have a valve that allows you to pump out the toilet direct overboard or in restricted waters to a built-in waste tank that can be pumped out offshore later or pumped out when visiting a marina pump-out station.

[@edh7658]

Very Nice, Thanks

[@svalliance8373]

my god, after watching the whole video, 1 and 2 I want you to move here in SC next to me and I will let you help me rebuild my simple little 27 O'Day, look forward to your moving van driving up.

[@acmeopinionfactory8018]

Beautiful work! Only thing that worries me is your battery retention system, if I can call it that. Looks dodgy to me. Why not some 1x2 cleats and battens? I would think this would be much more secure. Love the Sea-Cook counterweight, I've never seen that before.

[@atomvoyager]

+acmeopinion factory It's true the batteries could be better secured since the lashing lines would stretch a bit on a rollover. Because they are AGM and within lockers it's less critical than liquid acid type. The aft 3 are going nowhere since they are within the confines of a tight strong locker. The forward one is also within a small locker with cleats at the bottoms, thru-bolted eye straps with holding lines, but it could be improved.

[@fishin4bogey]

Exquisite work. I've watched most of your videos several times, and hope to one day sail off on an adventure like yours. Since you have clearly restored Atom, are you planning on heading back out?

[@atomvoyager]

Thanks Ken. Atom is ready to go anywhere, but for the moment we're not looking beyond local cruising and maybe a trip to the Caribbean sometime. James

[@spinnaker5514]

Hi I love the way you made the pull out double out of the port settee. Can you tell me where you bought the slides that you attached to the plywood and how much they cost? I was in the process of doing the same thing to my boat a 26' C&C which has very narrow beds or settees. My solution was not as elegant or easy as yours. So I am yet again re-doing another project. You gotta love the internet, I learned so much from watching the videos. I also like you solution for water proofing your side light windows. I love you boat, you should go into boat building!!! What a great boat you have put together!!! Why did you change from an inboard to an outboard....what was your thinking? Thanks Bill S.

[@atomvoyager]

Bill, thanks for your comments. I don't know of any off-the-shelf tracks available so I just cobbled together my own by using a sheet of 1/2" plywood and screwing down an aluminum flat plate on small pieces of 9/16" strips of wood at each end to retain it. You also need a support leg at each end. If that's not clear, you can email me thru my contact button at atomvoyages.com and I'll get back to you. My boat came with an old Atomic 4 gas inboard engine that I grew to dislike for all the obvious reasons. I later sailed without an engine many years for the sport and challenge and simplicity of it. Later, when I decided to add aux power again I knew I could not live in such close quarters with a diesel inboard. I had no desire to become a diesel mechanic or hire one. And I felt the best option on a small sailboat that has a large overhanging lazarette locker is a tilt-up outboard well. There are pluses and minuses but for me the pluses far outweigh the negatives.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Good job

[@OneFoot1967]

Well done!

[@talderson1]

Hi. You mentioned a couple of times about the bed being above the waterline. Why is that important? Or is it? I like the integral stuff you do with the water in the forward compartment and the bilge but am curious about is the bed being above the waterline helps with moisture or something? Thanks very much for your amazing videos.

[@atomvoyager]

Because each locker under the v-berth is a watertight compartment. It's difficult to get a fully watertight seal on those gasketed locker lids so having them above the waterline makes it less likely to leak badly if flooded by collision damage or failed thru-hull or a wave getting inside in extreme weather. None of that is likely though so just a precaution that most boat owners don't bother with.

[@talderson1]

@@atomvoyager Thanks so much!

[@sinaahari5301]

Hello James - Are the locker lids and chain locker doors/gaskets tight enough to keep the water in in the event of water intrusion/hull puncture? Or is raising the v-birth above the water line intended to have hydrodynamic effect to keep the water from spilling over? Your videos are truly inspirational. Thanks again for all your time and effort in sharing them with the rest of us.

[@atomvoyager]

The gasketed doors are meant to slow water intrusion but they will still leak because it's hard to get a perfect seal. When possible I use them together with raising the doors/lids above the waterline to make significant leaking during flooding of the locker less of an issue. Having the doors a few inches above the waterline is not enough to prevent flooding when the boat rolls around at sea so that is where the gasketed lids slow the water significantly.

[@sinaahari5301]

@@atomvoyager Thank you for your response. I am - as I'm sure like many others - very inspired by your philosophy of keeping things simple and functional. Life situation permitting, I plan to get a neglected Alberg 30 and build it ground up. Appreciate your generosity in making this information ready available.

[@drdistorzion]

Just fantastic build, the best looking refit I've seen! May I ask how you treated the white interior surfaces to get them so nice? I guess there has been tons of sanding, filling and painting going on there?

[@atomvoyager]

+Olle Sköld Thanks. We used Brightsides single part polyurethane over PreKote primer. We added flattening agent to the paint to knock down the gloss a bit, which helps hide imperfections. Unfortunately, in this climate the paint needs frequent cleaning for mold so I won't use it again. We are now using Petit EZ Cabincoat on another boat, which is latex and supposedly mold resistant. So far it is looking good, doesn't require primer or sanding between coats.

[@gezdunyayi4444]

Is this the same boat that circumnavigated. It was a triton 28 and named atom.

[@atomvoyager]

Yes, same boat, same owner.

[@gezdunyayi4444]

@atomvoyager thanks very much. I remembered reading about it somewhere. Great feat indeed. 👍👍

[@youyouulf]

What kind of construction material and dimensions have you used for making the water tank and other water tight compartments in the interior of the boat? I guess they are all fiberglassed too, before painting. How many layer of glass fiber did you use and which type? I'm also interested i knowing what kind of paint you have used. Have you used polyester or epoxy in the process? I'm about to do something similar on my own boat, so all input from an expert like you are very much appreciated.

[@atomvoyager]

I used 1/2" or 3/4" plywood in all areas and sealed well with numerous coats of epoxy resin and at least two layers of medium weight fiberglass cloth and more in the corners. You could use core-cell or koosa instead of plywood if worried about water intrusion. More details of the construction are available at the links below: www.atomvoyages.com/gallery/video-gallery/371-building-an-integral-bilge-water-tank.html www.atomvoyages.com/gallery/video-gallery/315-integralwatertank.html www.atomvoyages.com/articles/improvement-projects/259-watertank-1.html www.atomvoyages.com/articles/improvement-projects/258-unsinkableboat-1.html

[@youyouulf]

Thank you very much! Very helpful and interesting information! :)

[@sinaahari5301]

@@atomvoyager Hello James, when you say "all" areas. Did you also use the same material for the bulkheads, settees and the shelves?Did you have to fiber glass the bulk heads/settee and Galley structures as well or did you leave them as plywood and painted over them. Thanks in advance for your expertise.

[@josephatnip2398]

It's really nice almost too nice get out and use that thing and get out to the Bahamas

[@MacSilvey]

This is awesome!! Is the squeaking your feet on the floor or is that just the way she sounds?

[@atomvoyager]

Mac Silvey That was a windy day and the audio picked up the mooring lines squeaking a bit on their cleats. James

[@sauter1]

Terrific work! But wait...is this 'the' Atom? Are you James Baldwin himself??

[@atomvoyager]

The same.

[@ABuddyFL]

All I can say is WOW.....I'm from Waycross, not too far from you. What is the interior headroom height?

[@atomvoyager]

+Rob Genins Headroom in the main cabin is 6'. The early model Alberg 30, which is a similar expanded design you can see on other videos here has 6'2". If you are in Brunswick sometime you can contact me through atomvoyages.com if you want to see the boat in person.

[@ABuddyFL]

Sounds great... I am currently living in Yulee FL about 45min South of Brunswick... Would definitely like to see your work in person.... Thanks Rob

[@yavuzbayraktar6521]

Perfect 👏👏👏👍⛵

[@OneDayAtaTime-j1p]

Very impressive refit, i love the functionality and look of everything. May i inquire as to how the Tritons handle in rough seas? Do you think they would make a good pocket cruiser if refit to take on open ocean crossings? Hats off, very sexy boat!👍

[@atomvoyager]

Thanks. The Triton can handle fairly rough seas but any boat like this that is relatively small and low freeboard is going to be less comfortable of motion and more vulnerable to extreme rough seas than something larger and heavier. I circumnavigated twice in this boat though so no reason not to with some care in fitting out and passage planning. I did avoid the rougher high latitudes by taking a westabout circumnavigation mostly in the trade winds and not making crossings during hurricane season.

[@hcshowover2906]

James my Triton has a bilge hatch at the bottom of the companionway. Did you remove yours? If so, why and how do you access the bilge now?

[@hcshowover2906]

Dale Anderson Oh and BTW, thank you, your voyages are what inspired me to buy #92 4 years ago.

[@atomvoyager]

Dale Anderson Dale Good to hear from you. I kept the original bilge access board locations which you can see in the video at 10:00. Then the area aft of that at 16:00. It may look confusing because the engine is out and an integral watertank occupies the aft end of the bilge. If you have more questions you can email me through my website. James

[@hcshowover2906]

atomvoyager I said it poorly. What I meant was, mine has drain holes so that when you come in from the cockpit at least some of the water (if you are wet) drains straight down into the bilge. I was wondering why you covered the holes themselves in, not the actual hatch itself. I removed my Atomic four too. Didn't think of storing the batteries back there though hmmm...you might have solved a problem for me!

[@atomvoyager]

Dale Anderson My bilge boards had only a single finger hole, not really drain holes. I covered them because the water can drain easily around the edges of the boards and I installed latching lift rings to replace the finger holes.

[@gatecrasher1970]

whats that annoying creaking noise?

[@atomvoyager]

It was a windy day and the audio picked up the mooring lines creaking on their cleats.

[@honorharrington4546]

This man must eat nothing but canned food and drink nothing but water. Nice boat but no good for more than day sailing without a shower and a cold box. At least your 30' has some way to shower but still no cold box, coolers last only so long.