* WATERMAKER
- Little Wonder - by Village
Marine (installed 11/01)
* ROLLER FURLING
- Pro Furl with 135% genoa
(installed 2/01)
- Pro Furl with staysail
(installed 8/02)
* WIND GENERATOR
- Fourwinds II
(installed 3/01)
9/3/01 - We Love it! When wind is around
15 knots, it supplies enough juice to enable us not to have to run our
engine for 4 or 5 days.
10/5/02 - Since our generator had some warranty
left, we called Everfair about the new brushless motors out now.
They said we could upgrade ours to the new motor and they would give us
some credit for the warranty period. They sent us the new motor and
we returned ours to them. The new one works great - actually better
than the old one, we think.
* REFRIGERATION / FREEZER
- Sea Frost - DC5000;
water-cooled 12 volt system (installed 2/01)
9/3/01 - Working great. Seems to average
around 50 amps a day. We've been cruising in cooler waters, so I'm
sure this helps keep the run time down since its water cooled.
8/25/02 - Refrigeration has been working great.
Unfortunately we were getting some condensation under the sliding cabinet
(the part over the freezer section) and behind the corner cushion.
So we had an extra inch of insulation to the side of the box and under
the sliding cabinet. Re-installed the refrigeration system
and so far, things are working great....and no more condensation.
* WIND / SPEED / DEPTH
- Raytheon ST60
(installed 2/01)
- Installed on a pod over the compaignwaay
* GPS
- Primary:
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter (installed 9/08)
- Secondary:
Garmin 76cx handheld (purchased 6/07)
* RADAR
- Raytheon RL70 (installed
2/01)
* AUTOPILOT
- Raytheon Autohelm 6000
(installed 2/01)
9/3/01 - We're enjoying having all Raytheon
instruments. One of the great benefits of having everything integrated
is that this allows us to set the autopilot to steer by the wind and enables
you to view wind/speed/depth, etc. at multiple locations.
11/18/02 - Autopilot worked great for our 1500
nm passage from Hampton, VA to Tortola in the BVIs. In fact it did
98% of the steering with no problem. Went thru several days with
gale force winds - a steady 40, with higher gusts - and it worked flawlessly.
Did notice upon arriving in Tortola that it seemed to be "sticking" when
you tried to disengage it - put in standy mode. We took it to Cay
Electronics in Tortola to look at it. They could not see anything
wrong, but did grease everything inside. Its now moving without resistence
in standby mode and so we're back in business.
* INVERTER / BATTERY
CHARGER
- Heart / Freedom Marine
20 (installed 2/01)
* BATTERY MONITOR
- Link 1000 (installed
2/01)
* BATTERY COMBINER
- West Marine 150 (installed
2/01)
* 5/30/01 - Discovered no charge was getting to the engine battery.
We think it's the combiner. New one on
the way - we'll see if that fixes the problem.
* 6/22/01 - Installed new battery combiner - problem solved.
* ALTENATOR REGULATOR
- Balmar ARS-5 Regulator
(installed 6/07)
* 5/1/01 - Replaced entire regulator because it had blown a fuse and diode
and as a result, was no
longer charging the batteries.
* SINGLE SIDE BAND
- Icom M710RT model 22
(installed 2/01)
9/3/01 - Found this to be a valuable tool to download weather faxes
and keep up with other cruisers. We like the radio.
8/25/02 - Purchased the Pactor II-e modem. Now we're able to
do email right from the boat via our SSB. Using Sailmail as the provider.
* VHF
- Standard Horizon Intrepid
with DSC (installed 2/01)
9/3/01 - Really like this model. Especially the remote mic in
the cockpit. Unit comes with intercom capability which we use quite
frequently.
* EPIRB
- ACR RapidFix 406 with GPS
* WINDLASS
- Lofrans Progress 1
(installed 2/01)
* STEREO
- Jensen (installed
2/01)
7/20/02 - Wouldn't recommend this stereo as
the CD player in it is already starting to fail. We went for the
cheaper model when picking out the stereo to save some money - now we realize
we should have spent a few extra bucks at the time to get a better one.
Oh well.
* PROP
- Max Prop (installed
2/01) - set pitch to 22
9/3/01 - Put in new shaft - 2 1/4 inches shorter.
Grease prop and changed pitch to 20. Yet to determine definite differences
between the pitch settings.
7/25/02 - We greased the prop and changed pitch
back to 22. Felt with the lower pitch we weren't getting the speed
we should be getting and were having to run it at much higher RPMs.
We'll continue to analyze.
* BATTERIES
-
6 volt flooded (qty. 6) for house battery bank (installed 2/01)
-
12 volt flooded for starting battery (installed 2/01)
9/3/01 - Easier to maintain than we thought. Found if we equalize
them once a month, they maintain their charge more effectively.
10/23/02 - Found our batteries not holding a charge as well as we'd
like. Since we'll be leaving for the islands and will be relying
heavily on the batteries, we decided to replace. New ones working
great.
* GROUND TACKLE
-
Primary anchor: 45 lb. CQR with 300 ft. chain
-
Secondary anchor: 44 lb. Bruce with 50 ft. chain; 200 ft. rode
-
Third anchor: 21 lb. Fortress
* TRANSPORTATION
-
Dingy - Avon 310 Rover inflatable - 10'2" (purchased 10/00)
- Motor: Nissan 9.8 hp (purcchased 2/01)
- With two of us and a litttle bit of cargo we can get on plane
10/5/02 - Replaced our Avon with a 9' Caribe light - hard bottom.
The Avon worked great and it was nice to be able to stow it down below.
But it was too long and interefered with our staysail so we wanted a smaller
dingy. Decided to go with a hard bottom since they seem to cut through
the waves better giving a smoother ride. Also, nice not to worry
about a puncture or tear when pulling up on a rough beach.
- Folding Bikes - Dahon Mariner
* WASHDOWN PUMP
-
Shurflo ProBlaster. Mounted in anchor locker with hose going over the side
for a feed, works great! (installed 10/01)
8/13/02 - Motor went bad in pump. Luckily
we saved the receipt. West Marine replaced with a new one since it
was still under warranty.
* LIFERAFT
-
Avon Offshore 4 Man in a Valise. Can be stored on deck for short period
of time since it is vacuum packed to protect it from moisture