Fernwood set about creating the art deco look of Huff 'n' Puff by using light and dark woods - contrasting the paler tones of ash and American oak with the darker, red of sapele mahogany - and then paying quite staggering attention to period detail.
The detailing and craftsmanship is obvious as soon as you step into the boat. The cockpit has an elegantly styled fold up table and oak bench seats as the locker lids. Huff 'n' Puff is a gasless boat so these lockers are for general outdoors stowage.
| Stable-door style split doors, to keep the Finch's dog safe, give access to the lounge and that space defying view down the boat. A hallmark Fernwood feature is the use of a 'dropped' flat ceiling which squares off the interior proportions with the aim of creating a more spacey feel (as well as providing a void for cabling to the downlights and surround-sound speakers). |  |
The lounge itself has been left as open plan as possible with just two black leather armchairs an a carefully crafted, art deco style round table. There's ample storage space - drawers under the entrance steps, glass fronted cupboards either side and display shelves either side of the doors, followed by more cupboards and shelves as you move down the lounge. The joinery is intricate and excellent, everywhere you look there's another piece of detail. |
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The gleaming Lock Gate stove is a central feature of the lounge. It is diesel-powered - dusty solid fuel would be anathema to a showpiece boat like this - and has a cooker plate top. It also reports Graham, chucked out enough heat in winter to keep the lounge more than warm enough. To back it up there's a central heating radiator, though oddly in this inch perfect boat its' a standard Stelrad type rather than a high-style item.
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Chrome edged porthole buttons with no curtains (there are porthole buttons instead) maintain the clean look and let natural light reflect to its maximum off the light ash veneered walls.