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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 12:31:02 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:


I really expected to be sailing in the Bahamas right now as I got my
28' sailboat there back in May and she has been out of the water in a
yard since then. There is little to keep me from going. However,
other things keep interfering, caving has kept me busy as has canoeing
but after getting the boat there I sorta feel, " dun that" and am not
ready to jump into it again yet. Work has actually been too much fun
to leave for any length of time too (building an x-ray spectrometer
specifically for "rare earths" google "rare earths" for why).
So, wife wants to do a short sailing trip just after Christmas. maybe
just go from Running Mon Marina to Peterson Cay marine park, anchor
and snorkel and then to Port Lucaya and then back over to West End.
Leave her and the kids and then do the Abacos.

Some Abacos pix from our cruise in 2006:

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=6f268b1af285a8cb&sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2 LjQ


Nice pictures! What's your range?

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John H wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:35:54 -0500,
wrote:


On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:18:00 -0500, John
wrote:


Some Abacos pix from our cruise in 2006:

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=6f268b1af285a8cb&sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2 LjQ

Beautiful. The "Old Man and the Sea" is especially nice. Was that a purchase, or
were you taking pictures in the shop?

It was in the shop/gallery at Pete's Pub, Little Harbor on Great Abaco
Island, quite an eclectic place with an interesting story.

http://www.petespub.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g676266-d968492-Reviews-Pete_s_Pub_Gallery-Marsh_Harbour_Great_Abaco_Island_Out_Islands_Baham as.html

The original Johnston family lived in a nearby cave for some time
while building their home, art studio and brass foundry.

Beautiful. I assume it's a gallery only, as I didn't see any prices.

Not necessarily, I've visited one in Sedona several years ago and
everything was for sale. The prices were astronomical - but you had to
ask. $18K for a small bronze piece we looked at, for example. I don't
know how they pay their rent. The cash register didn't ring once in the
30 minutes we were there but it may only take one sale per day to cover
the expenses!

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On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:27:41 -0500, L G wrote:

What's your range?

Fuel range with the boat?

About 1,000 nautical miles depending on speed and sea conditions. We
could increase that by about 250 NM if we converted one of the water
tanks to fuel.

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On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:36:36 -0500, L G wrote:

John H wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:35:54 -0500,
wrote:


On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:18:00 -0500, John
wrote:


Some Abacos pix from our cruise in 2006:

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=6f268b1af285a8cb&sid=0AaOGTlo0Zt2 LjQ

Beautiful. The "Old Man and the Sea" is especially nice. Was that a purchase, or
were you taking pictures in the shop?

It was in the shop/gallery at Pete's Pub, Little Harbor on Great Abaco
Island, quite an eclectic place with an interesting story.

http://www.petespub.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g676266-d968492-Reviews-Pete_s_Pub_Gallery-Marsh_Harbour_Great_Abaco_Island_Out_Islands_Baham as.html

The original Johnston family lived in a nearby cave for some time
while building their home, art studio and brass foundry.

Beautiful. I assume it's a gallery only, as I didn't see any prices.

Not necessarily, I've visited one in Sedona several years ago and
everything was for sale. The prices were astronomical - but you had to
ask. $18K for a small bronze piece we looked at, for example. I don't
know how they pay their rent. The cash register didn't ring once in the
30 minutes we were there but it may only take one sale per day to cover
the expenses!

There was a place like that in Bar Harbor. Beautiful stuff, astronomical prices.
I saw a bronze puffin I really liked. Couldn't see spending a year's worth of
college education on it though.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

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John H wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:22:48 -0500, L wrote:


Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:09:46 -0500, John
wrote:



Wayne hardly takes any.


I'll see what I can do John. Actually I take quite a few but getting
them sorted out, organized and uploaded is more of a challenge.

For Mr Frogwatch, the Abacos are well worth doing. I'll try to find
some of our old pictures and post a link to them.



Pick out your top ten and post them.

He posted thirty-three. From those you can easily find ten you really like.
Great pics.

I'll read ahead next time, tough guy!

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:27:41 -0500, L wrote:


What's your range?

Fuel range with the boat?

About 1,000 nautical miles depending on speed and sea conditions. We
could increase that by about 250 NM if we converted one of the water
tanks to fuel.


I noticed that you cover a lot of ground. How much fuel do you burn per
hour? 1000 NM is a lot.

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On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:08:40 -0500, L G wrote:

I noticed that you cover a lot of ground. How much fuel do you burn per
hour? 1000 NM is a lot.

We average between 1.0 and 1.4 NMPG depending on speed and conditions.
That is relatively high for a trawler but the boat weighs about 70,000
lbs and has hydraulic stabilizers and heavy duty alternators which add
around 0.5 GPH to 0.8 GPH to the burn rate. The high output
alternators feed an inverter system which allows us to run without the
generator. That is a net fuel save not to mention maintenance and
amortization costs.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:08:40 -0500, L wrote:


I noticed that you cover a lot of ground. How much fuel do you burn per
hour? 1000 NM is a lot.

We average between 1.0 and 1.4 NMPG depending on speed and conditions.
That is relatively high for a trawler but the boat weighs about 70,000
lbs and has hydraulic stabilizers and heavy duty alternators which add
around 0.5 GPH to 0.8 GPH to the burn rate. The high output
alternators feed an inverter system which allows us to run without the
generator. That is a net fuel save not to mention maintenance and
amortization costs.


That's impressive but still a hell of a fuel bill!