Fresh water storage tank

These are some pics of the 10gal orig freshwater storage tank in my F25, unfortunately the orig waste storage tank was thrown out as it was full when the boat was bought. This tank as you can see fits in the space perfectly, you can see the different hoses and how the tanks works.

Water line:

Having my F25 inside I have noticed the bottom paint is started to peel and chip off in some places. After scraping off the paint that I could I noticed that their is a water line which is much lower then the one on the boat. From looking at the transom pics you will see the lower water line puts the stern out of the water, maybe the difference is the inboard diesel or not. But from talking to people these boats they suffer from the stern dragging in the water, maybe by moving weight around I can help solve this problem?

Electrical work:

After working on the F25 I have noticed the overwhelming amount of wiring for such a simple boat, their was a lot of wires just spliced together with no organization at all. No wires had gromets for going through holes, and their was holes cut in finished panels to cut corners. I feel this boat should have a simple electrical system well layed out and easy to work on, every electrical part should have good ground and simple clean power source. I intend to draw up an electrical diagram for the boat and upgrade the fuse panel and all the wiring.

I have started by removing the existing fuse panel pictured below:

existing electrical:

Inspiration

These are some pics that inspired me to fall for this boat, Living in RI I have kept coming back to this side of me that wants to cruise and be able to camp on the water. I also understand that being on the water is very different then actually doing it, and buying a boat and getting it on the water insured and with a budget to sail will take some learning. My goal is start with a smaller boat which I can learn to manage and take care of, from looking around for a few years I kept coming back to the F25 as it just has a lot of big boat features in a small boat shell. I like that I can trailer it, and that it's simple and to the point, has seamanship to cross 2 oceans. This is my first cruising boat to own and work on.

Interior inspection/water removal

These pics are of the 1st time looking down below and my process of removing as much water from the inside of the boat as possible. As you can see the boat is basically all there but just needs to be pulled together and finished. I started by sponging out all the water from the keel/bilge and set up a dehumidifier heater and a few fans and ran on max for 3 days. After all this I only found a liter of water in the dehumidifier.

Boat purchase:

These are the 1st pictures I took after the purchase of my F25, the boat has been located in NH for the past few years and has been used in fresh water every summer and pulled every winter.

this boat specs:

1982 Freedom 25

composite rotating winged mast

inboard Yanmar diesel

Triad Trailer

Gun Mount spinaker mount, it has 2 kites

3 stay sails

inclosed head

small galley