"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Silver K wrote:
If you are still planning your trip to New Brunswick you may want to
seriously look at having a radar.

Nice to hear from you. I have my fingers crossed on the Saint John trip.
Still waiting to see how the shipyard construction schedule for the next
research vessel shapes up.

Working as I do primarily for academic institutions, I'd gotten used to
having summers mostly free. Wouldn't you know that, when I finally
decided to take advantage of that fact and spend much of the summer
cruising, the pattern would change. It looks like I could be spending
more of this summer in airports and motels than on the boat.

I've spent way too much on the boat this winter to consider radar. I'll
have to deal with traffic the way I have for the last 40 plus years, using
my shallow draft and willingness to navigate close in to stay out of the
high traffice lanes.

I hope to see you this fall.

--
Roger Long

Make sure you have the latest charts concerning the Bay of Fundy and
approaches to Saint John Habour.

The ship anchorages and lanes have been re-arranged to accommodate the Whale
conservation program.

I only hope that the electronic charts have been updated correctly. For
that area, I like to have paper charts back up with the latest notice to
mariners.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I brought the boat down from the yard today. The rig wasn't set up so
it was fifteen miles as a power boat. As soon as I got out of the
river, I set up the newly installed ST1000 driving the Cape Horn
windvane.

Wow. I never had so much fun not doing something I used to think of as
fun. I know most of you take this for granted but I've always been a
"keep it simple", minimalist sailor. There's something about a boat
that steers itself that makes you feel like an adult.

I spent a good part of the leg down the bay sorting out lines and
making the boat a bit more presentable after the hasty mast stepping
and departure. The remote was close at hand and what luxury to just
reach down and push the buttons when a floating log or pot buoy came
up.

It was a cold, raw day (an inch of snow in the northern part of the
state) and would have been a long cold trick at the wheel single
handed. Another nice thing I've discovered about autopilots is that
being able to move around and do things makes you feel a lot warmer.

I don't know how I ever got along without this thing. I may never
steer again. What's next? Radar? (Now that I can leave the wheel, I
could even go and look at it.)

--

Roger Long


If you had a real sailboat like my Allied Seawind 32 with her
traditional full keel and ketch rig, you wouldn't need to use some
cheapo electronic autopilot. Sea Isle can hold her course all day long
just with the proper sail trim using the jigger as a steering sail.

There is no joy in having to use electricity to keep a recalcitrant and
poorly designed yacht on her course.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I brought the boat down from the yard today. The rig wasn't set up so it
was fifteen miles as a power boat. As soon as I got out of the river, I
set up the newly installed ST1000 driving the Cape Horn windvane.

Wow. I never had so much fun not doing something I used to think of as
fun. I know most of you take this for granted but I've always been a
"keep it simple", minimalist sailor. There's something about a boat that
steers itself that makes you feel like an adult.

I spent a good part of the leg down the bay sorting out lines and making
the boat a bit more presentable after the hasty mast stepping and
departure. The remote was close at hand and what luxury to just reach
down and push the buttons when a floating log or pot buoy came up.

It was a cold, raw day (an inch of snow in the northern part of the
state) and would have been a long cold trick at the wheel single handed.
Another nice thing I've discovered about autopilots is that being able to
move around and do things makes you feel a lot warmer.

I don't know how I ever got along without this thing. I may never steer
again. What's next? Radar? (Now that I can leave the wheel, I could even
go and look at it.)

--

Roger Long


If you had a real sailboat like my Allied Seawind 32 with her traditional
full keel and ketch rig, you wouldn't need to use some cheapo electronic
autopilot. Sea Isle can hold her course all day long just with the proper
sail trim using the jigger as a steering sail.

There is no joy in having to use electricity to keep a recalcitrant and
poorly designed yacht on her course.

Wilbur Hubbard
Correct, we know the Allied Seawind 32 well.
As you have stated it will, under normal condition, hold its course.
That may account for one reason why circumnavigators were amenable to use
the Allied Seawind 32.
However, the Bay of Fundy, offers a varietals of challenges. The Point
Lepreau rip tides, the Grand Manan channel,
Tiverton Passage, Schooner Passage. Letite and Little passages are very
challenging in Black fog. The legend has it that Mohawk ledge has had its
share of boats. The fog is challenging but compounded with tides, eddies
and currents you have all it takes to prove your skill and your manual or
auto pilot. No one navigating in these areas will let his or her boat
steered itseft alone. An auto pilot can be used as long as you have a
constant vigil and adjust the heading a degree at a time or better still do
the steering manually with the assistance of plotter,dept sounder and radar.
Having a fin keel allows for quicker reaction time to avoid ledges and
rocks.

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I brought the boat down from the yard today. The rig wasn't set up so
it was fifteen miles as a power boat. As soon as I got out of the
river, I set up the newly installed ST1000 driving the Cape Horn
windvane.

Wow. I never had so much fun not doing something I used to think of
as fun. I know most of you take this for granted but I've always
been a "keep it simple", minimalist sailor. There's something about
a boat that steers itself that makes you feel like an adult.

I spent a good part of the leg down the bay sorting out lines and
making the boat a bit more presentable after the hasty mast stepping
and departure. The remote was close at hand and what luxury to just
reach down and push the buttons when a floating log or pot buoy came
up.

It was a cold, raw day (an inch of snow in the northern part of the
state) and would have been a long cold trick at the wheel single
handed. Another nice thing I've discovered about autopilots is that
being able to move around and do things makes you feel a lot warmer.

I don't know how I ever got along without this thing. I may never
steer again. What's next? Radar? (Now that I can leave the wheel, I
could even go and look at it.)

--

Roger Long


If you had a real sailboat like my Allied Seawind 32 with her
traditional full keel and ketch rig, you wouldn't need to use some
cheapo electronic autopilot. Sea Isle can hold her course all day
long just with the proper sail trim using the jigger as a steering
sail.

There is no joy in having to use electricity to keep a recalcitrant
and poorly designed yacht on her course.

Wilbur Hubbard
Correct, we know the Allied Seawind 32 well.
As you have stated it will, under normal condition, hold its course.
That may account for one reason why circumnavigators were amenable to
use the Allied Seawind 32.
However, the Bay of Fundy, offers a varietals of challenges. The
Point Lepreau rip tides, the Grand Manan channel,
Tiverton Passage, Schooner Passage. Letite and Little passages are
very challenging in Black fog. The legend has it that Mohawk ledge
has had its share of boats. The fog is challenging but compounded
with tides, eddies and currents you have all it takes to prove your
skill and your manual or auto pilot. No one navigating in these areas
will let his or her boat steered itseft alone. An auto pilot can be
used as long as you have a constant vigil and adjust the heading a
degree at a time or better still do the steering manually with the
assistance of plotter,dept sounder and radar. Having a fin keel allows
for quicker reaction time to avoid ledges and rocks.

The Bay of Fundy is, indeed, one of the more challenging places in the
whole world to sail. I've never been there but I understand the highest
tides in the world occur there. Thirty to forty feet? Now, that's scary.

Wilbur Hubbard

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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I brought the boat down from the yard today. The rig wasn't set up so it
was fifteen miles as a power boat. As soon as I got out of the river, I
set up the newly installed ST1000 driving the Cape Horn windvane.

Wow. I never had so much fun not doing something I used to think of as
fun. I know most of you take this for granted but I've always been a
"keep it simple", minimalist sailor. There's something about a boat
that steers itself that makes you feel like an adult.

I spent a good part of the leg down the bay sorting out lines and
making the boat a bit more presentable after the hasty mast stepping
and departure. The remote was close at hand and what luxury to just
reach down and push the buttons when a floating log or pot buoy came
up.

It was a cold, raw day (an inch of snow in the northern part of the
state) and would have been a long cold trick at the wheel single
handed. Another nice thing I've discovered about autopilots is that
being able to move around and do things makes you feel a lot warmer.

I don't know how I ever got along without this thing. I may never steer
again. What's next? Radar? (Now that I can leave the wheel, I could
even go and look at it.)

--

Roger Long


If you had a real sailboat like my Allied Seawind 32 with her
traditional full keel and ketch rig, you wouldn't need to use some
cheapo electronic autopilot. Sea Isle can hold her course all day long
just with the proper sail trim using the jigger as a steering sail.

There is no joy in having to use electricity to keep a recalcitrant and
poorly designed yacht on her course.

Wilbur Hubbard
Correct, we know the Allied Seawind 32 well.
As you have stated it will, under normal condition, hold its course.
That may account for one reason why circumnavigators were amenable to use
the Allied Seawind 32.
However, the Bay of Fundy, offers a varietals of challenges. The Point
Lepreau rip tides, the Grand Manan channel,
Tiverton Passage, Schooner Passage. Letite and Little passages are very
challenging in Black fog. The legend has it that Mohawk ledge has had
its share of boats. The fog is challenging but compounded with tides,
eddies and currents you have all it takes to prove your skill and your
manual or auto pilot. No one navigating in these areas will let his or
her boat steered itseft alone. An auto pilot can be used as long as you
have a constant vigil and adjust the heading a degree at a time or better
still do the steering manually with the assistance of plotter,dept
sounder and radar. Having a fin keel allows for quicker reaction time to
avoid ledges and rocks.

The Bay of Fundy is, indeed, one of the more challenging places in the
whole world to sail. I've never been there but I understand the highest
tides in the world occur there. Thirty to forty feet? Now, that's scary.

Wilbur Hubbard


Can reach over 50 feet up near the head.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/protect/tides.htm

Primary self steering is by wind vane which uses no power. The electric
autopilot is just for use under power when its electrical draw isn't an
issue. Since it doesn't have to exert any more force than the wind vane
linkage does, it doesn't draw much anyway.

I doubt that the Seawind held a straight course under power

--
Roger Long

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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If you had a real sailboat like my Allied Seawind 32 with her traditional
full keel and ketch rig, you wouldn't need to use some cheapo electronic
autopilot. Sea Isle can hold her course all day long just with the proper
sail trim using the jigger as a steering sail.

There is no joy in having to use electricity to keep a recalcitrant and
poorly designed yacht on her course.

Wilbur Hubbard

Congratulations! You finally scuttled that ugly yellow/mauve Coronado 26.

On Thu, 17 May 2007 20:17:02 -0400, Roger Long wrote:


Wow. I never had so much fun not doing something I used to think of as fun.
I know most of you take this for granted but I've always been a "keep it
simple", minimalist sailor. There's something about a boat that steers
itself that makes you feel like an adult.


On Far Cove (I've sold her now, so she's not "my boat" any more) I had the
ST4000 head mounted under the dodger, so I could use that to steer if it
was raining and I wanted to duck under the dodger (Put it on standby and
use the buttons to turn the wheel). I used it a lot when under power -
Otto was a godsend for those boring motoring stretches! But like our
friend Wilbur (well, not like him since in my case it's true...), Far Cove
could be set up under sail to go a constant direction without need of Otto.

My next boat is definitely gonna have an Autohelm, even if it's a tiller.

druid
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