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Wow, very nice.
I want to be on that trawler in the first picture. Me too. And as soon as the busted engine deal gets sorted out, I will be again! :-) |
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That's yours?! Geez, I got all mixed up as to who owns what.
Oh man, that is a sweet ride. What is it? "Gould 0738" wrote in message ... Wow, very nice. I want to be on that trawler in the first picture. Me too. And as soon as the busted engine deal gets sorted out, I will be again! :-) |
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That's yours?! Geez, I got all mixed up as to who owns what.
Oh man, that is a sweet ride. What is it? 36' 1983 Sundowner Tug. Built in Taiwan. Single diesel (past tense). 8.5 kt cruise, about 2 gph. We think it's almost perfect for the Pacific NW waters- but ask 100 people to describe the "perfect" boat and you'll get at least 90 different answers. :-) |
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:42:13 GMT, "Paul" wrote:
Wow, very nice. I want to be on that trawler in the first picture. ======================================= Uhhh, I have it on good authority that the engine needs major work... All kidding aside, nice pictures Chuck. Thanks for sharing. |
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Anytime I can help Really nice pix too. I plan to post a few more on
the St. Johns before doing a trip through the Intracoastal down to St. Augustine and the ancient city there. I will have to take the pix down size a bunch more as earthlink is bitching about excess server space. (Welllllll everything together IS a total of 7 meg and they only allow me 5.) Capt Frank http://www.home.earthlink.net/~aartworks Gould 0738 wrote: Wow! Super nice job, Capt. Frank! Most sincere thanks. :-) |
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Well then ... I will try not to assault you with a bazillion questions but
.... well I'm lying, here are a bazillion questions: I think I do remember you talking about your diesel, you're replacing that right? I think you said you thought it had been underpowered from the beginning -- I might be wrong, sorry for my crappy memory. How many hours did you have on it. I notice that it "only" gave you 20 years of service. You said it's "almost" perfect. What would make it perfect? For you I mean and I don't mean little stuff that might be broken, I mean what you do look at and continually say "I wish ..."? What is the difference between a tug and a trawler? I know the visual difference between the actual working boats (the 18" rub rail on the tug being a dead giveaway), but I have to admit that your tug looks like a trawler to my inexperienced eye. 8.5kt so then it's a true displacement hull, not a "semi". As an experienced boater what would be the limit of your exursions? I mean, at what point would you say, "that I will not do"? Single engine, my fear of fears. Do you have a wing engine? How do you deal with that, or does it even bother you? Again with the single engine but not on the redundancy side, what about maneurverabilty? Bow thruster? That's a big ol' boat to be tucking into a tight slip and I imagine a big keel on it. Love to hear your thoughts on that. And this is no question but as you know we bought our first boat this summer. It's a planing hull, 30' long and a bunch of fun but we have quickly learned that while plane and WOT is fun, we are a definitely a 10kt couple. We love to piddle along. While our next boat (the ever-present next boat) may be a planing hull for reasons I won't bore you with yet, we are without question headed for a full displacement trawler. It may be a decade before we get there but I would love to hear your input on the matter if you have the time. "Gould 0738" wrote in message ... That's yours?! Geez, I got all mixed up as to who owns what. Oh man, that is a sweet ride. What is it? 36' 1983 Sundowner Tug. Built in Taiwan. Single diesel (past tense). 8.5 kt cruise, about 2 gph. We think it's almost perfect for the Pacific NW waters- but ask 100 people to describe the "perfect" boat and you'll get at least 90 different answers. :-) |
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I think I do remember you talking about your diesel, you're replacing that
right? I think you said you thought it had been underpowered from the beginning -- I might be wrong, sorry for my crappy memory. No, the boat has not been underpowered from the start. Since the engine presently develops ZERO horsepower, one could say it is underpowered now. Putting a lot more horses on the wheel would just dig a bigger hole under the stern. 165HP is plenty for a boat like this- if you doubled the HP you'd pick up maybe a knot and a half. How many hours did you have on it. I notice that it "only" gave you 20 years of service. Just a bit over 3900. Bad luck took this engine out a few thousand hours early. Bummer! You said it's "almost" perfect. What would make it perfect? For you I mean and I don't mean little stuff that might be broken, I mean what you do look at and continually say "I wish ..."? Little things. I don't care for the deck scuppers. Wife would rather have a centerline bunk...(she claims I pin her against the wall). A little more weight in the bow. An aft head. Nothing ultra serious. A boat is like a woman, as much as you love her, there are always a few minor things you'd change if you could....(and vice versa I know for a fact). What is the difference between a tug and a trawler? I know the visual difference between the actual working boats (the 18" rub rail on the tug being a dead giveaway), but I have to admit that your tug looks like a trawler to my inexperienced eye. It's a matter of styling. The hull form is pretty well identical between a tug and a trawler. Trawlers *usually* have a flying bridge, and tugs *usually* do not. List exceptions here....... ........... ......... ......... ........... ............ etc. Tugs typically have a false stack as a styling element. (Mine doubles as a propane locker). A tug will have strong design emphasis on the interior helm, and often a dedicated pilothouse. Many trawlers give very short shrift to the interior helm (or leave it off entirely) and put all the eggs in the flybridge basket. The primary helm is usually the lower helm on a tug with a flybridge....less likely to be true on most trawlers. 8.5kt so then it's a true displacement hull, not a "semi" No, it's a semi. It runs at displacement speeds, but it lacks several design elements required to qualify it as a full displacement vessel. It has squared off chines....big give away. It does not have an elevated or rounded transom. It does have a nifty keel, and a big rudder protected by a skeg like a proper displacement hull. Most, but not all "trawlers" are semi displacement. For example: Grand Banks is a semi displacement hull, while Willard is a full displacement design. Look carefully at those two boats and the difference will be rather apparent. As an experienced boater what would be the limit of your exursions? I mean, at what point would you say, "that I will not do"? My boat is adequate for coastal cruising in reasonable weather. Suits me fine, since I don't have the time for passagemaking and I have too much respect for the forces of nature to waggle my middle finger at seriously snotty conditions. On the occassions when we have been caught out in bad weather or I have underestimated the sea state and left port anyway, the boat has always served us very well. I literally trust this boat with my life, but I don't press the envelope, either. Single engine, my fear of fears. Do you have a wing engine? How do you deal with that, or does it even bother you? We've been towed in three times. Once when my stupid instructions to my wife (who followed them to the best of her ability) resulted in a severed torque shear on the shaft. (Towed by a sailboat -shame of shames- into Friday Harbor). Once when the tranny gave out and we coasted into the fuel dock.....(had to get from the fuel dock to our slip). And then once again a couple of weeks ago when the BIG ONE befell my poor Perkins. It would be accurate to say that we have been towed in well under 1% of the times we have been underway in the boat. I don't think it would be realistic to expect better reliability from twins, despite the higher fuel and maintenance costs. Again with the single engine but not on the redundancy side, what about maneurverabilty? Bow thruster? Bow thruster, shmuster. :-) With a big old rudder, the boat comes with a built in stern thruster. You learn what the boat does in reverse. Mine backs to starboard, so if I can I try to dock on the starboard side. Put the bow up near the dock at a proper angle, and then take off way with a touch of reverse......pulls the stern right over to the dock easy as can be. Getting away from the dock is just the reverse- you get the stern out first and back away until you have room enough to swing the stern and power forward. You learn to steer with the stern, like the old timers. :-) It's even possible to steer in reverse. I usually set wheel hard to port so the rudder offsets the prop walk. Then it becomes a balancing act between the prop and the rudder. If the boat is following the rudder too much, I raise the RPM to increase the prop walk. If it's following the prop walk too much and not the rudder, I throttle back or even come out of gear so that the force exerted by the rudder exceeds the force exerted by the prop. I routinely turn that 36 foot boat, plus swim step, 180 degrees at the end of a fairway about 60 feet wide every time we come in to our marina. Our dock is just under the promenade atop the bulkhead, and unless its well after dark or raining heavily, there is typically an audience when we dock. It's fun to hear the comments. "Look how well that boat spins around! He must have two engines!" "Naw, I think that's a single- he has to have a bow thruster to do that!" I just smile. The secret is momentum. Once I get the boat turning I let it momentum carry it through the turn without powering forward. Most of the time, we finish the turn with the hull lined up exactly with the face of the float. That's "most" of the time.......sometimes I manage to look like I've never docked a boat in my life. :-) When it's windy or there's a strong current running, you do have to think your way to the dock. What direction shall I approach from? Will the wind/current slam me against the dock all night or set me off a foot or so? If I'm only stoping for lunch, etc.......will I be able to get *off* the dock if the wind or current continues or gets worse? I frankly enjoy that process. Yeah, if I had a couple of monster twins I could just forget about working within nature's rulebook and bullhead on through.....but that wouldn't be as much fun. |
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Well thanks for taking the time to reply, especially in such detail.
Next next boat trawler! "Gould 0738" wrote in message ... I think I do remember you talking about your diesel, you're replacing that right? I think you said you thought it had been underpowered from the beginning -- I might be wrong, sorry for my crappy memory. No, the boat has not been underpowered from the start. Since the engine presently develops ZERO horsepower, one could say it is underpowered now. Putting a lot more horses on the wheel would just dig a bigger hole under the stern. 165HP is plenty for a boat like this- if you doubled the HP you'd pick up maybe a knot and a half. How many hours did you have on it. I notice that it "only" gave you 20 years of service. Just a bit over 3900. Bad luck took this engine out a few thousand hours early. Bummer! You said it's "almost" perfect. What would make it perfect? For you I mean and I don't mean little stuff that might be broken, I mean what you do look at and continually say "I wish ..."? Little things. I don't care for the deck scuppers. Wife would rather have a centerline bunk...(she claims I pin her against the wall). A little more weight in the bow. An aft head. Nothing ultra serious. A boat is like a woman, as much as you love her, there are always a few minor things you'd change if you could....(and vice versa I know for a fact). What is the difference between a tug and a trawler? I know the visual difference between the actual working boats (the 18" rub rail on the tug being a dead giveaway), but I have to admit that your tug looks like a trawler to my inexperienced eye. It's a matter of styling. The hull form is pretty well identical between a tug and a trawler. Trawlers *usually* have a flying bridge, and tugs *usually* do not. List exceptions here....... ........... ......... ......... .......... ............ etc. Tugs typically have a false stack as a styling element. (Mine doubles as a propane locker). A tug will have strong design emphasis on the interior helm, and often a dedicated pilothouse. Many trawlers give very short shrift to the interior helm (or leave it off entirely) and put all the eggs in the flybridge basket. The primary helm is usually the lower helm on a tug with a flybridge....less likely to be true on most trawlers. 8.5kt so then it's a true displacement hull, not a "semi" No, it's a semi. It runs at displacement speeds, but it lacks several design elements required to qualify it as a full displacement vessel. It has squared off chines....big give away. It does not have an elevated or rounded transom. It does have a nifty keel, and a big rudder protected by a skeg like a proper displacement hull. Most, but not all "trawlers" are semi displacement. For example: Grand Banks is a semi displacement hull, while Willard is a full displacement design. Look carefully at those two boats and the difference will be rather apparent. As an experienced boater what would be the limit of your exursions? I mean, at what point would you say, "that I will not do"? My boat is adequate for coastal cruising in reasonable weather. Suits me fine, since I don't have the time for passagemaking and I have too much respect for the forces of nature to waggle my middle finger at seriously snotty conditions. On the occassions when we have been caught out in bad weather or I have underestimated the sea state and left port anyway, the boat has always served us very well. I literally trust this boat with my life, but I don't press the envelope, either. Single engine, my fear of fears. Do you have a wing engine? How do you deal with that, or does it even bother you? We've been towed in three times. Once when my stupid instructions to my wife (who followed them to the best of her ability) resulted in a severed torque shear on the shaft. (Towed by a sailboat -shame of shames- into Friday Harbor). Once when the tranny gave out and we coasted into the fuel dock.....(had to get from the fuel dock to our slip). And then once again a couple of weeks ago when the BIG ONE befell my poor Perkins. It would be accurate to say that we have been towed in well under 1% of the times we have been underway in the boat. I don't think it would be realistic to expect better reliability from twins, despite the higher fuel and maintenance costs. Again with the single engine but not on the redundancy side, what about maneurverabilty? Bow thruster? Bow thruster, shmuster. :-) With a big old rudder, the boat comes with a built in stern thruster. You learn what the boat does in reverse. Mine backs to starboard, so if I can I try to dock on the starboard side. Put the bow up near the dock at a proper angle, and then take off way with a touch of reverse......pulls the stern right over to the dock easy as can be. Getting away from the dock is just the reverse- you get the stern out first and back away until you have room enough to swing the stern and power forward. You learn to steer with the stern, like the old timers. :-) It's even possible to steer in reverse. I usually set wheel hard to port so the rudder offsets the prop walk. Then it becomes a balancing act between the prop and the rudder. If the boat is following the rudder too much, I raise the RPM to increase the prop walk. If it's following the prop walk too much and not the rudder, I throttle back or even come out of gear so that the force exerted by the rudder exceeds the force exerted by the prop. I routinely turn that 36 foot boat, plus swim step, 180 degrees at the end of a fairway about 60 feet wide every time we come in to our marina. Our dock is just under the promenade atop the bulkhead, and unless its well after dark or raining heavily, there is typically an audience when we dock. It's fun to hear the comments. "Look how well that boat spins around! He must have two engines!" "Naw, I think that's a single- he has to have a bow thruster to do that!" I just smile. The secret is momentum. Once I get the boat turning I let it momentum carry it through the turn without powering forward. Most of the time, we finish the turn with the hull lined up exactly with the face of the float. That's "most" of the time.......sometimes I manage to look like I've never docked a boat in my life. :-) When it's windy or there's a strong current running, you do have to think your way to the dock. What direction shall I approach from? Will the wind/current slam me against the dock all night or set me off a foot or so? If I'm only stoping for lunch, etc.......will I be able to get *off* the dock if the wind or current continues or gets worse? I frankly enjoy that process. Yeah, if I had a couple of monster twins I could just forget about working within nature's rulebook and bullhead on through.....but that wouldn't be as much fun. |
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