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Hi Kelvin, can’t help with motor stuff and Gemini is an M but you should wander down the road and we can compare furler, mast raising, trailering and talk about a place to park your trailer.
RickHey Darry, How much did the Pirate pay for his corn?
A buck an ear :-). Arrrrrgh
Where do I get those cannons for my M-class? They would be very useful on the Luddite cruisers launching all the offensive wakes.
March 20, 2015 at 11:30 am in reply to: What is on your MUST DO modification list this spring? #38801. Reattach mast and rigging, I hope the labels I put on the connectors still make sense.
2. Attach my new Lifesling II and figure out how to use it.
3. Replace bearing seal on trailer.
Why can’t the pirate remember the alphabet?
Because he always gets lost at “C”
I received this update from BWY. It looks like there will not be any new Tattoos available for awhile. If you were thinking about a purchase you had better act fast.
” News from Tattoo
We received big news from Tattoo Yachts. As you know when Roger MacGregor retired his daughter Laura and son in law Paul Sharp brought new life to the MacGregor boat in their factory in Florida, calling the new boat the Tattoo 26. Unfortunately, Paul and Laura need to relocate as the current owners of the property have other plans for the building. The factory will close until they find a better location. Finding a new location will take time but they plan to let us know as soon as they have any news regarding future production.In other words, if you ever thought you wanted a new Tattoo 26 sailboat now is the time! Blue Water Yachts has only 2 of these fantastic new boats in stock left! One will be displayed at the Seattle Boat Show, January 23-Feb.1 2015, a discount of $2,000 will be given for the display boat! We are happy to take a deposit for these two boats now, no need to wait till the show. Both boats will carry full factory warranties, Tattoo Yachts is most definitely still in business and the factory will stand behind any boats they have sold or that are still in dealer inventory. Give me a call if you are interested and tell your friends!
The first Tattoo 22 hull and deck have been pulled out of the molds, the company is very happy with the looks of the new boat so far! They are proceeding to work on the interior tooling. The Tattoo 22 will be much lighter so many smaller vehicles may tow it. As soon as a new factory is found they plan on continuing to put this new boat into production.”
This looks like the same drive as mine with maybe a slightly different compass and computer but at $900, it looks like a good deal compared to my almost $2500
Sue describes it as “moderately annoying but you get used to it”. We only seem to use it while motoring and it is audible over our very quiet Suzuki 70 at our normal cruising at 2000 rpm but is no longer noticeable at 3000 rpm. We don’t really know about sailing as we cannot really remember using it there. My thought is that the convenience far outweighs the sound level.
I like the rotary control. I use it like a steering wheel to adjust the heading we are on. Each click is a degree. It does not have an automatic tack feature. I guess you could calculate the degrees of your tack and spin the knob to get there. I find that I usually want to steer the tack myself to try and build speed by falling off the wind before settling on the heading I want.
Windchime was leading the fleet across the straight when one of the skippers spotted a Pirate ship on the horizon. Darry immediately went below and put on his red shirt then led the fleet to victory. While out sailing the next day the fleet ran into 2 Pirate ships. Darry immediately put his red shirt on and vanquished both Pirate ships. On returning to the marina the skippers asked Darry about the red shirt. Darry explained that as leader he did not want the fleet to despair if he were injured and the red shirt would hide the blood. The skippers were impressed with the bravery of their leader. The next day the call came that 10 pirate ships had been sighted! Immediately all eyes turned to their leader who shortly appeared on deck wearing his brown pants.
We have the Princess single burner built in butane stove with cutting board cover. Great for us as it came with the boat. Stupidly expensive $380 at Defender.com Butane stove boils water real fast and cheap fuel lasts well. We also have a portable single burner butane. Much more reasonable $12 on sale at Rona last year. Cooking with alcohol is definitely slower. If you think this might be aggravating you should check out someone else’s before purchase. Twice as long?? Also be aware that not waiting for it to cool before refuelling can be dangerous. The flame is almost invisible and people have mistakenly thought it was out of fuel and pouring alcohol into the stove lit them and their boat on fire. Moral of the story whichever stove you choose. Treat it as one of the most dangerous things on your boat. Happy cooking.
RickHow you going to take it to Lake Powell, Bahamas or Shuswap. Not an upgrade if it can’t do 100 kph like a MacGregor. 🙂
Hi Willy,
I don’t see why the auto pilot wouldn’t hold a course without a chart plotter. I will turn my plotter off and try it out on the way to Sucia so I can let you know for sure when we talk there. As for the rate of correction…. There are a couple different settings. Mine is on the lowest and I find that its steers very much as I do with a pretty constant turning back and forth to keep the heading straight. My impression is that it does a better job of maintaining the course than I do. Less wobble in the wake line.Yes I did. Bought from WM. Installed myself. I love it. Still some issues with GPS and Auto disagreement about berings. I think I need to move the auto pilot compass a couple clicks to align it with the axis of the boat. All functions seem to be working. Auto followed a track from Wallace Island all the way into Montague Harbour on our last trip. The best feature though is to just hit the auto button and Gemini holds the course it is on while I do other stuff or just relax and keep an eye out for deadheads. A bonus feature is that I now have a wheel brake even when the auto pilot is not on. Before the slightest wave against the rudders would cause the wheel to turn. To keep a steady course I had to hold the wheel all the time. Now the rudders only move if I turn the wheel so if I am on a steady course I can let go of the wheel for a bit and only make small corrections as needed. Second best addition to boat, closely following full enclosure (which we haven’t had to use yet this year:-)
My unknown furler. The closeup shows the only adjustment. About 2 cm by tightening the 2 nuts. This bolt is swaged to the end of the furler cable.
White Falcon, be careful of quick release pins. If they work free your mast comes crashing down resulting in significant damage and maybe injuries. I hate those ring things to but they are supposed to be more reliable.
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