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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 13:19:58 EDT
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:00:41 -0000, you wrote:
<snip> stuff I'm not replying to
>Being a complete novice, I'd be guided by popular opinion on what's
>the safe minimum. For all my huff and puff to the scare-weenies, I
>would not set sail without the safe minimum of equipment.
>
Yes but my point is that not all people agree on what is the safe
minimum.
>EPIRB would be mandatory.
>Life raft in a tub bolted to deck somewhere. One of those pull the
>string things and I may even have an EPIRB in it too. Money is not
>too much of an object, but good common sense is.
Life rafts are very expensive. And you will have a limited amount of
deck space that won't interfere with the sails. You want to be able
to get to the thing and deploy it if you need to. As I said - we
don't have one, but we do very limited offshore work. The rafts have
to be repacked periodically (by being sent to a licensed place at
which point you don't have it with you anymore). The whole life raft
business is as problem filled as anything about cruising.
>
>> The dinghy- this is your car for the boat
>
>Probably a small inflatabl;e with 5hp outboard stowed inside when not
>in use. I can't see the need for an always ready dinghy once I get
>going. While preparing I can buy a small runabout and either sell it
>or give it away when done.
>
If you are sailing across large expanses of ocean - no. But there are
shorter passages where you will find that blowing up a dinghy (or
assembling a folding boat) is a royal PITA. I met some folks from
South Africa on their way back to a job in Martinique and they said it
took them a half an hour every time they went ashore.
>> Anchoring - very important. What kind of anchor, what kind of
>anchor rode (chain, rope or a combo), and what kind of windlass
>(electric, manual or no windlass).
>
>I'd be again guided by popular opinion on anchor size as to windlass
>probably electric with manual fall-back. Not a great fan of electric
>stuff if it can't be manually operated when the batteries are flat.
>That's my offroad experience showing through. <g>
We do not have an electric windlass - we do fine with a manual one.
Bob didn't want to use the enormous cables necessary to get the power
from the regular battery packs, and he didn't want to worry about how
to charge a separate battery in the forepeak. If you have a smaller
boat than ours, a manual windlass isn't really out of the question -
some people don't have any windlass.
>> have a water maker - many places charge for water.
>
>I was reading about the the other day and seemed like a good idea.
Water maker takes power and has to be maintained continually.
>
>> Power - How many batteries will you have and how will you manage
>
>Enough, solar, wind and humoungous alternator on the diesel.
>
We have two battery banks of equal size instead of a start battery and
a house bank. (a total of 96 ah) Bob switches between the banks (he
uses the date and does the #1 bank on the odd days and #2 bank on the
even days).
You might want to get or subscribe to Home Power magazine.
>> Will you be running computers, autopilot, TV, radio, and
>> refrigeration?
>
>Yup, but not TV or CD's as I am not into the mindless stuff.
>Read "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" with regard to
>repair shops for my take on those trinkets.
>
>>LPG stove.
>
>Yup and refrig.
NO - NOT a gas refrigerator on a sailboat because of heeling. Also
LPG is impossible to get in very many places. Most people use propane
for the stove.
grandma Rosalie
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