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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Sun Jun 20 2004 - 13:56:47 EDT
On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:47:18 -0400, you wrote:
>A list of things that seem harder to maintain than was worth can be kinda
>difficult to build, especially as some things I discounted immediately,
>without the actual experience of them "not being worth it". The two main
>things that spring to mind are a reverse osmosis water maker and refrigeration.
>
We have refrigeration which is either engine driven or 110 for
marinas. We could get along without it, but the boat came with it as
OE. We don't have a reverse osmosis water maker, but one thing that
might be considered is that friends of ours that have been out
cruising for about 3 years have sent one member of the couple to
school to become a water-maker tech. So he can repair his own, and
can earn some money 'in the field' by repairing other folks for them.
>Checking my old to-buy lists come up with these things I also chose to do
>without due to budget restrictions:
>Dingy outboard, Fixed mount GPS, Wind generator, entertainment/stereo
>system/cockpit speakers etc.
>Large inverter, Instrument repeaters, Wind Instrumentation, electric
>auto-pilot (but I am seriously reconsidering this one!)....
>
>What something is "worth" can be highly personal. Makes is hard to
>determine if something is "worth it" for me. I have found information
>about what wasn't used as much as was expected more useful... any
>information that trims stuff from my want list sure beats adding to it!!
>
>Perhaps another way to phrase it is "what stuff got thrown overboard from
>frustration?" or some-such..
>
>so what about that?
>
We have got a dinghy outboard that came with the boat (along with the
dinghy), and another one that came with another boat. They are both
pretty old and very low hp.
Never had a fixed mount GPS or chart plotter and don't intend to get
one. OTOH we use the computer with a GPS in the cockpit for charting.
Wind generator - we have, but lots of cruisers in the tropics say they
don't like them and would prefer to rely on solar panels.
Stereo system - one came with the boat that was an AM/FM radio CD
player (broken now) with speakers in the cockpit. We don't use it
much - Bob's got a cheap boom box with a CD player in the main saloon
that he uses. We do have a speaker for the VHF in the cockpit because
otherwise it's too hard to hear when underway.
Large inverters - don't use much
We have an electric autopilot and I don't know how I would get along
without it. I hate hand steering.
>
>At 10:30 AM 6/20/2004, you wrote:
>>I guess that I just don’t get it. I thought that the question was what
>>equipment was harder to maintain then it was worth. Or to put it another way
>>what do you actually need to do the trip within your budget. On my boat I
>>don’t use electronics because I cannot repair it, and the sextant / taffrail
>>replacement works fine. All my choices are based on what I can repair or
>>replace with my skills and budget. That is the way to decide on the choices
>>of equipment and life style, can you afford to do the trip that way. People
>>have done trips in everything from a primitive dugout to a luxury yacht with
>>paid crew. You pay your money and take your pick.
grandma Rosalie
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