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That is indeed a very interesting boat! Is it a single master cabin layout? That's a whole lot of capability for $65k indeed.

Welcome! I've always liked those boats - look forward to pics!

Somewhat OT but as someone who is seriously considering upgrading to a catamaran (from an unstabilized trawler) I'm very interested to understand what you didn't like about the Power Cat?

Thanks for the tip! Found their video & the summary of OpEx for the past couple of years. Broker is marketing the boat as a floating condo - it does have a really nice slip location. About what I'd figured - here in San Diego the slip fees would be $22k/yr. I'm not sure I'd call $70k/yr...

Similar big Hatt 58 ACMY in San Diego for the same price but USD instead of AUD. https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1979-hatteras-aft-cabin-motor-yacht-9238673/ I love those big Hatteras' but yikes... so much boat. If there was a 4 cabin 58LRC FS here I might be really really tempted though.

I used a grommet kit to punch holes and put grommets on my Sunbrella bimini for two of my four 175W Renogy flex panels. I through-bolted with plastic 1/4-20 bolts, double nutted. For the other two I use rare earth magnets. I put them up once I get to my cruising ground if I'm staying for...

Or maybe it's "the help" doing laundry so who cares? :angel:

This looks nice: '89 Marine Trader Med Yacht 62. Too much exterior teak, but could be fixed by re-decking and lots of paint. Surprised by the 400hp 471TIB's for a displacement hull. Why not the plain vanilla 671s? Seems totally pointless to get to 8-9kts...

Ahh thanks, sorry for misunderstanding - that's a good data point then. Looking at the LG Amazon reviews it looks like some of these units have real issues. Sounds like the tech is fundamentally sound, but the implementation is spotty. Hopefully those who have had good experiences can post...

The point here though is that the heat pump tech is fundamentally different from the old school ventless resistance heater tech (which everyone agrees sucks). Heat pumps don't need a vent because the water is condensed out and goes down the drain. The older ventless just pumped the water vapor...

Thanks! Very helpful and encouraging. I love heat pumps & have them for our home water heater and HVAC. This is the first I'd seen for clothes dryers - I'm tempted to get one for our house since we live in San Diego, with the most expensive electricity in the country.

Here's how I'd think of it: 55W x 8hrs = 440W-h, or about 36a-h @12V. Maybe 15% of your usable battery capacity (about one of your FLA batteries) You're running the generator all night, so your batteries will be at 100% in the morning regardless. In this use case, as much as I love solar, I...

For sure - the advantages here are that you can hit a button and your dirty clothes will, in two hours, emerge clean and dry, regardless of whether it's raining, freezing, or blowing like stink. You don't even need to move them to a dryer. It's appealing even to replace our existing...

I don’t think there are dedicated marine units. It’s not critical equipment so I’d certainly be fine taking the risk.

https://electrek.co/2024/01/25/lg-vs-ge-profile-heat-pump-washer-dryers-compared/ This is interesting - I'd not heard about these heat pump units, which the article claims are vastly better than the electric resistance combo units we're used to. Not mentioned in the article, but it seems ideal...

Interesting boats! Looks like there are two on YW right now, one in rough shape in New Caledonia and another in AK that looks nicer for 2x. No secondary propulsion system, and appears to float stern heavy. Interesting to see a vessel of this size without active stabilization. Wonder how the...

My bilge pumps were connected with wire nuts. Lying in the bilge. :banghead: I found some connections above the helm station which were made by connecting terminals with nuts and bolts just sitting there loose in the compartment. Care seemed to have been taken to ensure that the energized...

Good deal, carry on then! Agree that diagraming is a great idea. Samsmarine.com is good for Hatt stuff - not sure if an OEM wiring diagram exists for your boat (or how relevant it'd be at this point) but you might find something there.

No specific guidance other than to be really really careful. You seem to be diligent in your research so you probably know this, but AC is very dangerous compared to DC. When I started digging into my boat's 40 year old AC system I was immediately terrified and pulled the entire thing out...

Maybe a Roughwater 36? Don't see any on YW but they might be suitable. Gorgeous. Not enough headroom for me at 6'2" but very nice efficient boats I think, and affordable.

I did this with my CHB41 a couple of years ago. I would advise against over-complicating things. Depth is easy, GPS is even easier. I'd first focus on ground issues and engine instruments first. I decided I wanted to network my engine gauges via SeaTalkNG. I think this was a mistake...

That seems like a good strategy for crossing oceans (assuming you'd cleared it with the engine mfg). 200 hour interval is every 8 days running 24/7; that turns into a lot of waste oil. We change once per season - I suspect our Lehmans would run fine on 5% waste oil but not worth any risk in...

Absolutely beautiful example of one of my all time favorite dream boats. Good luck with the sale - looks like someone will be very happy.

I think if you're one to take the emotion out of the equation, you're probably not in the market for a 60' wooden boat! :D

This looks like a really interesting vessel but it's very hard to make sense of it from this thread. The videos require a password, and then show up as 404. I can't find some basic information like the number of staterooms/berths and location. I suggest putting together a website with...