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Dear Listees, This may be boring but but at least its on topic.
The admiral and I and two other couples are starting our the second trip
ever in the new/old Hatteras 42 LRC, Skooch.
Since the maiden cruise we have (hey Joe, see I listen to ya) added a
Raytheon 530 color Chart plotter to supplement the 24 mile open antenna
Furuno radar. For those scarred of a power failure, we also have paper charts.
As I only know how to use the paper charts they will most likely be
close at hand and the blinky light boxes an interesting, may be even
fascinating
display. We've also added a 9db cell antenna and a 1500 watt inverter to keep
the refer going and so I can make coffee in the morning, quietly.
With no fuel polishing system and 750 gallon of old diesel, I bought a case
of racor filters and a case of rum for the maiden voyage. But I have all
the racor
filters still and only half the rum going into this trip. Capt. Mike agrees
that I
should be afraid of this fuel and keep a eye on the racors and keep the spares
handy, but I'll need more rum for sure. Also note that the diesel is made in
St Croix and at least was very fresh a year ago and the tanks are kept full.
We plan to snorkel as much as possible, starting at Bucks Island National Park
in St Croix. Next (way point?) its on to St Thomas were we need to get our
life raft
inspected. One of the listees would estimate the cost of this as one boat
unit.
Once we locate Bennett Bay on the blinky box and get the life raft checked its
on to a friends house nestled on the beach near the Frenchman's reef
resort for
dinner.
Then its off to the BVIs for snorkel and diving. I usually start BVI trips by
checking in customs at Dorsey's on Yost VanDyke. Actually customs is
first. Dorsey's is a bar on the opposite side of the beach from the
world famous Foxy's.I wonder if a private boat has to pay the British a
charter cruising tax. They probably have a different name for it.
I will report the technicals to the list when we return. How the new antenna
works with the Cingular data phone. How the 1500 watt inverter ran the refer
and made coffee on the two 8D house batteries. How the Chart plotter worked
vs the radar and paper charts. How many boat units the life raft cost to
rejuvenate.
Signing off for eleven days or if I can get the singular phone to work with my
e-mail. Hope ya'all move on to trawler related topics.
Skooch
David Stahl
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