Patti wearing her Irish sweatshirt did its magic against Pitt that day but a week later it wasn’t enough. We’re both big Duck fans but Patti’s allegiance is to the Huskies and I bleed blue and gold. Nothing like watching football on a warm comfortable boat with StarLink on a cool fall day.
I always support Doug’s team. We watched the game that afternoon while at anchor. Just one more advantage to having such a solid, comfortable boat, our home away from home.
After looking through all the stunning pictures on this thread I decided it would be a fun thing to create a 2024 Helmsman Calendar.
If you'd like your boat's photo included in the calendar please send me a JPEG file with the boat's name, the location of the photo and the year it was taken.
The order the photos are received is the order they'll be included. But remember there are only 14 available slots.
If you're like us you probably have thousands of photos to choose from and it will be very hard to pick just one. Take the helm and send one.
Picked up our 43E in Charleston last weekend and set sail on Tuesday toward our home port in North Carolina. The picture below is the "Pamlico Rose" docked last night at Wacca Wache Marina at Murrells Inlet SC. First time out on the boat- really happy with how she turned out. Easy to handle, quiet, and just the right size for my wife and I. Great boat, great marina, great weather- all is good.
Indeed! All IS good when you are on your new boat. Great picture. Thanks for posting. Getting into cruising season and expecting more from the cult/clan.
I absolutely love the 43’s. A good friend of mine has allowed me to spend time on one. The storage on them is off the chain. My wife looks at me sideways every time I bring them up!
For the forth-coming PBS documentary of Helmsmans in the Wild, we have dramatic photos of how to catch a wild Helmsman! Involves stealth (slow is pro), a trained Helmsman Wrangler, and strong straps to grab the boat before it escapes back into its natural habitat.
Stupid humor aside. We hauled the boat at CSR South in Des Moines, WA. The bottom paint—CUKOTE—is four years + old and was put on the boat when first launched. The boat has been in PNW saltwater the entire time and serviced regularly by a diver. I was pleasantly surprised by the condition of the paint, even thinking it probably could have gone another year. We are putting the same stuff on again given that level of performance (and having the hull ceramic coated). Running gear had lots of small barnacles because I had put off the diver since I was going to haul it. I have documented how fouling of the prop reduces rpms on the boat (measured as slight increase in fuel burn rate for a given rpm). And the barnacle growth really takes off with the long days of spring.
I was pleasantly surprised by the ceramic coat cost. Less than 2.5 boat bucks not counting haul out and other stuff and a lot of compounding of the hull was needed (this light gray color fades in the sun but you don't notice the oxidation as much). Check back with me in a year to see how it holds up. I had my last boat ceramic coated after the dark blue hull faded badly. It was very expensive because of the amount of compounding. But it was gorgeous when done and held up very well. Lots of discussions about this on the forum.
Sorry for the delay. The hull apparently took a lot of work, so that price was just the hull. Topsides quote is $3.6 boat bucks. Again, lots of work involved. Got the boat back in its slip on Friday. It looks fantastic even in the perpetual gloom of May in Seattle.