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Well, wadda you know?
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:22:24 -0400, "Leanne" wrote:
"Michael Porter" wrote in message .. . wrote: Hey! Isn't the Roger Long who designs boats? Now you know how the rest of us feel when we discover that to save space, make the hull a better shape, or some other trivial reason you can't get THAT nut off until you remove THIS thing over here :-) Bruce in Bangkok (brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom) chuckle yep! but that's usually the fault of owners who want everything including the kitchen sink in a 30' boat but won't accept the loss of accommodation space to a proper engineroom. Or of marketing types ditto. I knew of a beautiful Cape Dory 36 that was bought by a man that had a Swan 40 something that he couldn't handle, but wanted all of the amenities of the larger boat. The first thing he did was hire a marine carpenter to redo the interior and then added a Balmar genset which went under the cockpit aft of the engine. After that she sat about 2 inches down at the stern and the generator which had a one cylinder something never ran right and when it did it was so noisy that they couldn't stay below. Now for the fun part, to get to the stuffing gland or the steering quadrant, you had to unhook the generator and slide it out onto the quarter berth and move it aft so you could get into that space. As much as I can remember this boat was very seldom sailed and just motored from marina to marina. Leanne Poor design. Should have either used a smaller gen-set or mounted it under the forward berth =:-) Bruce in Bangkok (brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom) |
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