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I'm still curious how the system would respond to a long slow roll, below the natural roll period of the boat, e.g. from a downwind run not perfectly perpendicular to a wave. Seems this would result in the liquid all on the low side, exacerbating a roll and significantly reducing stability...

Extremely cool boat and a fantastic writeup. Never seen such a long driveshaft!

Wow, what a ship! Given that & the quality of the one photo of her underway, I suspect she hasn't left her slip in a long, long time.

Congrats! You know, I was berthed in a guest slip just a couple down from you in Santa Barbera but we were off the boat for a few days as my parents rented a house & we had a little family reunion there. Meant to pop by and say hi but never got the chance! We had a great week in the Channel...

Me too. Went with a Peplink router & Poynting antenna a few months too early. I may end up keeping the Peplink stuff as a way to backfill the Starlink service & compensate for the rare dropouts it experiences, but not sure it's worth the trouble. I've been fussing with SIM cards and data...

I'm sitting now on a mooring in White's Cove off Catalina with flop stoppers off both midship cleats. https://flopstopper.com/FlopStopper/Home.html It's still pretty rolly but they make quite a difference. I tried the orange cones two years ago (they suck), then a single flop stopper last...

I suspect the above post may have been written with tongue firmly in cheek. Or perhaps after a few hot-tub martinis... :rofl::rofl:

This continues to be a fascinating discussion. The more I think about roll tanks the more they frighten me. We were just heading down the back side of Catalina a few days ago with 4-5' long period swells on our 3/4 stern. Of course, the rolling motion of our boat was very slow compared to...

The passive stabilization systems (paravane, rolling chocks, Flume tank) are very appealing in that they can function at anchor as well. Here in SoCal the anchorages are extremely rolly. We have a flop stopper off each midship cleat which helps a lot but it'd be great to pole them out...

Very cool. Can you share how you did the 12V conversion? The info I'd seen on that looked like it was a pretty tricky process & required maintaining the starlink router box. Have you measured the power draw?

That was my first thought as well. That ship looks like it really irritates the water it's moving through.

Hmm... it's appealing to me! Are those actually paravanes or just flopper stoppers for use at anchor?

Surprised to hear that works! One dock neighbor a few years ago had a couple of rubber snakes on their bimini & I remember chuckling seeing it painted white with seagulls roosting right next to the snake. Is there a particular brand you found that works well?

I have the same problem with my bimini & flex panels. I've got a couple of "spiders" but the seagulls seem to ignore them after a while. Not sure what my next move is, as I can't move onto the boat full time or take up falconry. After our last season I pulled the bimini to wash it & covered...

Very cool vessel for sure. Kinda agree with BruceK though on practicality... what would you do with such a vessel in a recreational setting? Doesn't really have LRC range. Maybe high latitude cruising? Or maybe for folks who just enjoy getting the $&*# kicked out of them every once in a...

Terrifying! But agree - why on God's green earth would you use stainless for an anchor chain in the first place?!?

For sure you're correct. That would make my trawler impact even lower relatively speaking - we have an e-spirit electric outboard, make & heat our own water from solar, so zero grid electricity, no gasoline for car travel & just a bit of propane for cooking. From my calcs we'd be emitting...

With COVID lifting we're back in traveling mode this summer; I ran some quick calculations while watching tennis this am on CO2 emissions per "family mile" (to move all five of us) from our home base in San Diego; thought I'd share if anyone's curious. Assumptions: 0.39 lbs CO2e / passenger...

It is a pretty baffling pricing strategy. $10k hardware + $5k/mo vs $600 hardware + $135/mo. That's an absolutely massive gap, and the maritime unit still doesn't provide coverage far out at sea. I agree I don't see who will go for the maritime version aside from the megayacht crowd (dozens...

Anyone heard of Merlin 225hp diesels? Cold molded 54' custom NZ built CPMY with a pair of them recently swapped in. They don't look great in the pics. Wonder what the story is... https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1979-custom-cockpit-motoryacht-8386721/

Western Flyer launched! https://youtu.be/VwFWctNHckE

Hah! Yes, I've had the same experience myself... "boy, she's sluggish this morning..."

This is really amazing stuff gents. Please keep the real-world experience coming.

Fantastic. Love the minimalist/KISS approach, just need that third stateroom. Fun name too: "Aluminauti" No wing/get-home engine, and a 10kW welder/generator... I don't know enough about welders to understand how that'd work. Are they really designed for continuous duty? Seems like a very...

"Time value of usage" - I love that framing - may borrow it if you don't mind! Delaying a purchase might cause you to miss a cruising season - what's the value of that? Particularly because you never know what might happen. Parents falling ill, an injury, some other obligation - it might have...