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Allen

Aye, welcome aboard mate, and congratulations on the new boat, she is a pretty thing.

Allen

Winter does look like it is trying to sneak in the back door. I'm hoping it warms up again, but when walking down the main street here in St. Mike's I saw Halloween stuff out for sale, so my days of dallying are coming to an end.

Allen

Hello all, I'm tied up to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum dock in St. Michaels, after a rather bumpy crossing from Annapolis yesterday. After Annapolis and "Ego Alley" this is way laid back. The CBMM is definitely worth a look if you ever get down here. I'm going to do the wooden boat a...

Allen

My understanding of how a charging system works is that the alternator amperage out dorps to around 2 amps when the batteries are around 80% charged. My Link 20 battery monitor records negative amp hours which are suppose to be related to battery capacity remaining. If the above assumption is correc...

Allen

Ceto, Tim and I went through this insurance question with KAHOLEE before we launched. All I could get was a policy for $20k, which wouldn't replace the engine and electronics, much less the rest of the boat. We even tried to get one of those agreed value policies figuring I'd just pay for the extra ...

Allen

Welcome aboard Ceto and welcome to the ranks of the sailboat obsessed. Hope you enjoy your boat as much as I do mine.

Allen

I'm currently at the Inner Harbor Marine Center in Baltimore and the remnants of Hanna just went by. The Wind was up for a couple of hours between noon and 1400 and there has been rain all day but both have ceased recently. Spent most of the day arranging things inside and watching the blow. All in ...

Allen

Brian, sounds like you are almost there, congratulations mate, fair winds.

Allen

Allen

Steve, yes it saves time sanding through a mound of hardened varnish and in my case, helped keep me from over sanding. Rachel, I just decapitated them then sanded, but for a larger area, like a run you might just scarpe them level, let it dry and then sand. This might help with the "bare wood&q...

Allen

Thanks Balance I was hoping someone would say that. I'm going to have to wait until the wrinkles dry out which might take a while (it's been a week already) I might just use the pieces the way they are and sand flat this winter. Steve, I'm not sure you have to wait until the wrinkles dry. Tim showe...

Allen

LOL, good point. Tim and I were discussing the need to learn how to heave to other than in a storm. You have just answered that question.

Allen

Here we go again...

Allen

While not a triton, here's another small boat website that is interesting.

http://www.peacefuljourney.ca/

This is a bit dated, but it's one of the best written small boat trip reports I've seen.

http://www.latsandatts.net/forum/viewto ... ht=pearson

Allen

Just curious, how much does he want for it?

Allen

Rachel, here's what I heard. Fernando just arrived last week in Flores, Azores in Triton. He departed alone from Brunswick, GA on May 16 and made a slow 14 day passage to Bermuda and then a fast passage of 19 days to Flores. He seems to be a bit slow in updating his website so don't attach any signi...

Allen

LOL, actually I've thought about that, wonder where I could get one? :)

Allen

Got this from another site and thought you might enjoy it.

http://www.pajaroweb.com/

Allen

Tony, your inner geek is showing :D Interesting site though. Guess that means my inner geek is showing too, of course, after a post like this, I suppose there was no doubt about that. ;) Radio Shack's always a good source for stuff like this too. I think my VHF predates all these goodies by just a y...

Allen

I was reading a thread on the SSCA board about foghorns and one guy suggested a cheep alternative would be an old car horn, which got me thinking. Sitting around for hours pressing a button or blowing a foghorn would be really boring so how could I automate the process. Some kind of timer circuit ho...

Allen

http://kaholee.net/images/KAHOLEE%20Tank%20Installation/Tanks1.JPG http://kaholee.net/images/KAHOLEE%20Tank%20Installation/Tanks2.JPG http://kaholee.net/images/Tanks%20Installed%202.jpg KAHOLEE's water tanks. They were around $1000 from a shop in Albuquerque which is no longer in business. Not wate...

Allen

I went for my first sail on 13 June 08 using the new Neil Pryde Cruise Plus Tradewinds spec full batten main and the Schaefer roller furler. Once I figured out how to install a couple of lose battens, with Tim's assistance via cellphone, everything went wonderfully, although the wind was a bit fluky...

Allen

I don't exactly fit into this poll. :) I check the forum while I'm running the engine to recharge the batteries, usually starting between 0730 and 0800.

Allen

I'm just glad to hear everything worked out. :)

Allen

Saturday morning (7JUN08), taken from anchor in Rockland. Not a bad way to start the day. Sunrise... http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/pyrat/Sailing/KAHOLEE/IMG_3040.jpg Schooner, around 0800... http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/pyrat/Pirates/IMG_2924.jpg Can't wait to get the telephoto le...

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Brian, the boom and halyards are on and I just purchased sheets and other control lines today so hopefully Tuesday we will be able to ship the main. As soon as we do pictures will be online. Dave, Tim and I are launching at Haver de Grace and I hope to be able to have Tim aboard for a week. How far ...

Allen

John,

Maybe Tim has some idea on what the temp should be. Once I hit the Chesapeake and can get some similar data I'll post it here. What was the water temp where you were motoring? 89 degrees doesn't seem extreme to me.

Cataloging this type of data here might be handy for future reference.

Allen

I've got one of these aboard and it is really handy for checking various things like the temperature of the stove pipe or the area adjacent to where it exits the doghouse. I used it to take some preliminary temp readings off the engine today after running it for a few hours. Once I've been underway ...

Allen

It's kind of a gray day today so I'm down below checking out the operation of the heater and monitoring the battery charge. NOAA says 77 on Monday, can't wait! :D There was a little red lobster boat named Hot Stuff dropping pots along the edge of the channel this morning. Took a picture but forgot I...

Allen

First morning at sea... A long time in the making, but well worth the wait.

Rockland Maine 3 June 2008

More to come... ;)

Allen

Yes, we are afloat at last! :D This is from KAHOLEE via laptop and cellphone and let me assure you life is good! :D Thanks to everyone for the compliments, it has been a long time since KAHOLEE was last afloat and I must admit, thanks to Tim, well worth the wait. The project is not quite finished, r...

Allen

Hi Brian,

Haven't got it up yet, but it looks great in the bag. We are going to launch then finish the rigging and set the sail. I'll post a picture once we do.

BTW, I have a Latitude 38 from Dec. 93 with a great Atomic 4 article for you. Email Tim your mailing address and I'll send it along.

Allen

Morning Britton, this SPOT gadget is kind of interesting and is "almost" a replacement for an EPIRB. The link is to the "check in" function which is a one shot thing. There is also a tracking function which transmits a waypoint every ten minutes or so which sounds kind of interes...

Allen

This is the first SPOT check. ;) We will do the tracking test when we launch and motor to our buoy on the 22nd.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl ... LEEsJNWlS9

Allen

Mike, thanks and yes it's like being 5 years old on Christmas eve. It's been almost ten years since Kaholee was last afloat and here we are nearly ready to launch but it seems like the list of last minute things to do keeps growing exponentially. :) I do intend to post pictures of our adventures and...

Allen

Launch date is set for the 22May in Rockland where I will stay for awhile on a mooring at Beggar's Wharf Marina. We will then pull Kaholee and head overland to Havre de Grace on the upper Chesapeake Bay. Sock-wise, I usually don't wear them, but the few I do have are, um, colorful to say the least. ...

Allen

Bluenose wrote:Allen,

That looks familiar. Was it by chance off of Lahaina?

Yes, the picture was taken from the upstairs window of the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant 811 Front St, Lahaina last January.

Allen

Similar incident on Maui.

Allen

Check this out on the SSCA forum.

http://ssca.org/DiscBoard/viewtopic.php?t=4855

Allen

I think the reason for towns trying to dictate where and for how long a boat can be anchored in a given area is two fold, first, the "rich" who now inhabit a large portion of the coastline do not want their view obstructed by a bunch of boats. I always thought this was part of the charm of...

Allen

http://www.cruisersnet.net/index.php?categoryid=78 There has been a trend in Florida where local municipalities restrict anchoring. A while back the state of Florida enacted legislation that restricts local municipalities from doing so. The above link is on the first test case regarding illegal anc...

Allen

Bill, It is great sailing in Maine, the only drawback is the speed bumps (locally know as lobster pot buoys) but Tim tells me you get use to it. I did ok running before the wind, but had a tough time maintaining sail trim when close hauled as I was spending too much time trying to spot the speed bum...

Allen

Rachel, my policy from them specifically includes removal. I think it was right at $250/yr. I'll double check and update here in a minute of two. Ok, here's the update: Included with comprehensive ($20K) and collision, are wreckage removal and marine electronics. Coastal navigation to 75NM. We have ...

Allen

Chris, When I moved Kaholee to Maine I got insurance through Progressive. It was painless, they did not require a survey and the price was very reasonable. I do believe they have a value limit though so I'm going to have to revisit this before Kaholee leaves Tim's shop. You might give them a try. Ta...

Allen

I am looking forward to the Bolero project. She is a beauty. The picture was taken in Tim's shop 9/10/07.

Allen

I just bought a Garmin GPSMap 76 GSx which will be my #3 backup GPS for KAHOLEE. Last Sunday we moved my buddies boat from Rockport TX to Corpus Christi TX using the 76 GSx with only the charts/maps that came on the included chip. I did the initial plot using Raymarine's RNS 5.0, then saved the rout...

Allen

John, If we were not designing for extended cruising and living aboard you could most certainly cut back on the shipboard systems, electrical load and size of the electrical panel. In fact you could probably cutback anyway, but what the heck, like Tim says, "What the boat wants, the boat gets&q...

Allen

Speaking of the Redneck Riviera Yacht Club...

Allen

Bill, Thanks Allen, I obviously agree. I am a bit envious since I haven't seen her in person yet. And about getting a chance to sail on her all you have to do is be in the right place at the right time. When I visited Kaholee (and Tim :) a few weeks back, Tim caught me fawning over her in the shop. ...

Allen

Hi Pete,

Welcome to the club. My Triton is #158 and she is (reportedly anyway) a 1960 so in all likelihood, your boat is too.

Again, welcome aboard...

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