On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:54:19 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:



You forgot something very important. How about a low-voltage alarm in
case your battery goes flat in the middle of the night from all the
excess draw from all your electronics and alarms? ;-) I suppose I use
different tactics. My Allied Seawind 32 only draws four and a half feet.
I use this to my advantage and always try to anchor in shallow water
where a ship couldn't run me down if it tried.

Wilbur Hubbard

Good point Wilbur, I have one that has a different sound to all the
others. It can be set to any voltage level.

As to shallow draft, mine is also 4' 6" even though it is 49 ft in
length. However, it is not at anchor that I worry about being run down
by a ship. It is out on the ocean blue.

Incidently, shallow draft is great, isn't it. I had the option of
building with a draft of either 4' 6" or 6 foot. Around New Zealand, 6
ft would be fine but in parts of Australia, especially the navigable
rivers and the parts of Asia that I wanted to travel, a shallower
draft has advantages. What we enjoy is arriving at a crowded
anchorage where the close in spots have been taken and nipping behind
those and dropping anchor closer to the beach.

cheers
Peter