"Hi All,
french built 2010 43 has been very dry down below but now a slow leak has occurred which is showing at the limber holes under the floor board in forward cabin. Bilge pump goes every 3hrs for 20secs. Not sure if it’s fresh/rain water or…"
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- I love sailing, animals, zen/taoism, and gardening.
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- Monterey CA
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- Stillwater Cove, Capitola
- Looking to:
- Live aboard a 36-40 ft cruiser, cruise from west coast down through South America over to the Caribbean and eventually make the Atlantic crossing over to the Med.
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Well I did it! Quietly and I sailed in to Newport Rhode Island at 10:30 last evening (July 3rd) from the Caribbean.
It has been 7 years (Nov 2002) since Quietly and I have been in the US waters! It seam surreal and I admit a HUGE culture shock after living in the Islands for so long.
Among other things I have completely forgotten that you must have a car! I have become so accustomed to excelent local busses that run every five minutes that I was shocked to learn I would have to take a taxi to go to Wall*Mart to purchase some long pants and a blanket.
I can't believe it is this cold! I actually had to pull my sleeping bag out because I was freezing! No more sleeping under a single sheet with 75 degree evenings!
I wanted to do something different for this hurricane season that yet another summer in Grenada & Trinidad. So sailing New England came to mind and with the help of Britt on Sea Otter and new friends from Find A Crew I headed north. I will spend the summer sailing the south half of Maine and working my way to Mass then back to RI and Conn and a stop at the West 79 St Marina in New York City on my way to Annapolis and then Washington DC to anchor out behind the Jefferson Memorial in October. Then finally I will and then head south again come fall to either the Caribbean or perhaps the Bahamas where I have never been.
If you have any friends out here on the East Coast who could show me around some of New England have them send me a note!
Best wishes!
Dalton
SV Quietly
I read your 'looking to' with interest... fancy bouncing a few ideas around off-line
Cheers... Mark in the BVI
Yes the lower center of pressure on the sails and a good ballast ratio combine to make a "stiff" boat that sails easier in strong trade winds. There is also a benefit in windy anchorages of raising the mizzen and using it as a stabalizing sail to limit swind.
On Quietly I have to large wind generators back there which do pretty much the same and make lots of power in good windy anchorages. Since you live aboard you already know about needing alternative energy. A combination of wind generators and solar go well together.
The other thing you may not be aware of is changing out all of you lights to LED lights. I can turn on every light in Quietly making the boat as bright as any land based home and not use a total of 2.5 amps of power.
Being a "techie" I have done a lot of research on such and have a very energe efficient boat. But then I use a lot playing on the computer. {laughing}
If you went to college in Golden, was that at the Colorado School of Mines?
A cutter rigged catch by far is the best rig. You never see them in the States but they are the most popular boats in the Caribbean. Look for a Whitby (sp?) or one of the very few Mason 43 Catches. Every now and then one come up for sale, if so GO SEE IT!
Sailing in the trade winds the catch rigged boats do much better with the lower mast but good sail area. Lots of sailing in the Caribbean is in 20 - 25 knots where you would sail Jib & Jigger (Jib and Missen).
I am in Bermuda heading north to sail hurricane season in New England but will be back in the Caribbean next winter. If you would like to sail a few weeks in the Caribbean let me know. Also check out www.findacrew.net
Sincerely,
Dalton Williams
Lesson learned for me.
What ever you do have 2 surveys..one on boat and one on engine expert surveyor on the ENGINe
When looking at boats.
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