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PDQ 39' sailing catamaran FOR SALE
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:11:05 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: Some possible discussion items: First, let me state that MY WAY is the RIGHT and ONLY WAY... For me. YOUR WAY is the RIGHT and ONLY WAY.... For you. Of course MY WAY and YOUR WAY have to be almost endlessly modified for an almost endless number of reasons: Money, ability, your/my boat setup and capacities, etc., etc., etc. For a bit over 2 years we are a live-aboard, full timer cruiser couple. The boat is a Pearson Rhodes 41. Not a real roomy 41, she's long and lean and FAST. I've lived-aboard and/or extended cruised off and on for a total of about 8 years. Having said all that.... - Type of dinghy, dinghy power, dinghy storage. I much prefer a hard dinghy. We have a Sandpiper 8. Power is usually a small trolling motor or oars. I just got a 2 HP outboard and will use it for those longer and hurrier trips. Most of the time it's rowed, except for those places we have to anchor more than about a tenth of a mile out. When not used it's on davits. I tried a Porta-Boat and found it much more trouble than it was worth. I wound up giving it away. I've had inflatables and my only grip is they really don't row too well and can be pretty wet in a chop. We're thinking of getting a WaterTender 9.4. I tried one out and it has the stability and room of an inflatable, but rows well. - Water tankage and/or water maker? 70 gallons in 2 tanks. That's what the boat came with and there's really no way to add more. PUR 80E 3.4 GPH watermaker. I wouldn't even consider not having one. Our cruising is extended stays in out of the way places. I would not have one if we took occasional weeks or months cruises. - Pressure water?, hot water?, shower?, number and type of heads. Yes for pressure water, hot water and shower-for-two. We have a manual pump in the galley but it doesn't work. One can conserve with pressure water. If you can't bring yourself to do it, buy a "water saver" for each faucet. It screws on in place of the aerator and has a little rod. You leave the faucet on and when you move the rod water comes out. We also have a pressure raw water system plumbed to separate faucets. One head with a Jabsco toilet going to a Lectra/San. A lot of folks, including the Princess of Poop, Peggie Hall, bad mouths the Jabscos, but it's been used ever day for 2 years and another like it was used every day for 3 years. Never had a problem nor had to rebuild. - Number and type of anchors, length/type of rode, windlass?, etc 4 anchors: 45 lb Bruce, 45 lb CQR, 35 lb (I think) Danforth and same size aluminum Danforth (I think it's 11 lb). The Bruce is the main one. I swear that thing has a "bottom magnet". We use a dedicated GPS as an anchor alarm and the Bruce has never dragged. Note too that the aluminum Danforth sets faster and holds better than the "iron" one. I don't know why and I suppose it doesn't make sense, but that's the way it is. Main anchor rode is 130 ft of chain plus 250 ft. 3/4" line. Secondary is 40 ft. chain plus 250 ft of 3/4" line. Simpson Laurence 2-speed manual windless. The gypsy will take any size chain. In fact the main rode is 30 ft. of 5/16 chain coupled to 100 ft of 3/8 chain. I think that's the sizes. - Galley equipment, stove type, refrigeration type, microwave?, blender?, toaster?, freezer? 4 burner w/ oven gimbled propane stove, Norcold 110/12 Volt icebox conversion in re-insulated built in icebox. I would NOT recommend the Norcold. It doesn't come close to the Adler/Barber I had before. 1,000 Watt compact mirowave, toaster, 110V Haier 1.3 cu. ft. freezer with decicated inverter. - Safety equipment, liferaft?, EPIRB?, SSB radio?, Sat Phone? Spot, Ham/SSB radio with modem. - Aux power, none?, outboard?, inboard gas?, inboard diesel?, tankage/range?, fuel filtration and polishing?, oil change system? Perkins 4-107 inboard diesel. 40 gallon tank, again that's what the boat came with and no place to add tankage. We usually carry 20 gallons in jerry cans on deck (I HATE that!). Range is 300 nautical miles at 6.3 kts to 480 nautical miles at 5 kts, including the jerry cans. Standard Racor and inline filters. No polishing system. Oil change is locking ball valve on oil pan with hose to drop in gallon jug. To address the ongoing war about diesel inboard vs. outboard: I think either are fine. An outboard will burn more fuel, but is a lot cheaper to buy and/or replace. It would take a lot of running to make up the difference. Some, maybe most, boats would have the problem of the prop coming out of the water in rough conditions. A longer shaft should take care of most of this. An old outboard dealer told me one can just order shaft and foot extensions and put as many together as needed, so a 4 or 5 or 6 or even 10 foot shaft is not unreasonable. I had a Morgan 27 with an Atomic 4 inboard. The clutch developed a problem. I had a 15 HP outboard so fabricated a mount for it. To my surprise the outboard reached hull speed at about half throttle and burned the same amount of fuel per hours as the Atomic 4. I eventually repaired the clutch, but kept the outboard handy in case. I had decided to sell the boat, but before that decision I thought seriously about removing the Atomic 4 and going with the outboard. I would consider a 4-cycle outboard if the Perkins died, but we have too much overhang, plus the dinghy/davits would have to go. Here goes another discussion maybe... If the Perkins dies, I plan on replacing it with a DC electric motor and diesel generator. The motor would probably mostly be run from the house bank for short periods and calmer conditions. - Electrical system, none?, basic 12 volt?, house bank/size?, recharging capability?, inverter/type/size/switching?, generator type/size/switching? House bank: 4 golf cart batteris plus 1 deep cycle marine (this was my trolling motor battery I replaced with a smaller one). 500 Amp Hour total. I'd like to add 2 more golf cart batteries, but the problem is room. Engine bank is 2 group 24 marine starting in parallel, with a 10 W solar trickle panel. Recharging: 600 Watts of solar panels with a Blue Sky MPPT controller; Air Marine 450 Watt wind generator; 100 Amp Baldor alternator on engine; Freedom 10 50 Amp charger/ 1,000 Watt inverter. Inverters: Vector 2,500 Watt, 750 Watt, 450 Watt. The 450 is used for the flat screen TV and DVD recorder. The 750 is dedicated to the freezer. The 2,500 is used for the microwave and coffee pot. Note that the coffee pot takes 70 Amps from the battery, but only takes 5 minutes for a total of 6 Amp Hours. Generator: 3.5 KW gasoline on cabin top. Yeah, I know. I hate the thing and always refused to have one. But I bought it last summer so we could run the marine A/C for my wife. And me too, I have to admit. It was HOT and this summer seems to be the same. At least it's pretty quiet. Halfway thinking about getting a Next Gen diesel... - Self steering?, autopilot?, wind vane? Raymarine S1 Wheel Pilot with an old Simrad wheel pilot for a spare. Wouldn't be without one! I do like the idea of a wind vane, but I'd prefer to have my dinghy on davits. - Electronics, GPS plotter/features, radar/features, depth sounder, AIS?, DSC VHF?, handhelds?, entertainment systems?, etc. 2 Garmin GPS color plotter/sounders, 1 old B&W Garmin chartplotter for anchor drag alarm, wired to LOUD piezo buzzer, Garmin handheld GPS, Garmin StreetPilot GPS (which works with nautical charts), Navetec GPS sleeve for one of the Compaq IPaq pocket computers, Delorme serial output GPS. 4 laptop computers, 3 Compaq/HP pocket computers, all with Nav software. DSC VHF down below, VHF at steering station, handheld VHF. SPOT Satellite Messenger. 19" flat HD TV, antenna on mizzen, DVD recorder with digital conveter, auto type AM/FM radio with 5 CD changer. Would like to have AIS, at least receive only, but too durn expen$ive!! and so on.... OGM LED Tricolor/Anchor light and mostly LED interior lights. No one should criticize another for his/her choices. We're all different. I've cruised aboard different sized and equipped sailboats over the last 47 years, and a few powerboats. My first was a 16 ft Petral with a gasoline camp stove and D-cell running, anchor and interior lights. The engine was an old 5 HP outboard. I was 16 at the time and it was a most pleasurable few months. Could I do it now at age 63? Certainly! Would I? No, I don't think so. Rick |
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