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I’ve been thinking about this as well: http://shipsrecord.com/blogs/patrick/archive/2008/03/15/secondary-propulsion.aspx
Not much concrete in terms of facts yet.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!I LOVE that part…. do tell. 😉
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!What brand is it?
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!If I read you correctly you have a separate antenna attached to your backstay. In general, if your antenna is higher than head height you should be getting less exposure to the signal. However, kind of like a yagi antenna, I’m sure your backstay also gets some energy pumped into, so I could theoretically see the possibility of getting a bit of a zap off your backstay but I don’t think the risk is very high.
I’m not sure about the copper, good antenna tuners can do wonders with almost nothing apparently.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!Yep… I know that. I asked him about RF exposure and any experience of getting shocked and he said no, but yeah in general I agree with you. That said on CruisersForum.com (or maybe it was SSCA) it was discusses that this is the cheapesteasiest way to get on the air. I plan to move to an isolated stay when I re-rig.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!I haven’t really validated all this for myself, but here is how the previous owner described the antenna setup on Deep Playa, #152.
“The Antenna Tuner is mounted forward in the Port cockpit locker. The antenna tuner has two connections. The antenna side is connected with #8 stranded wire to the chainplate for the main backstay. All the chainplates were bonded together (along with through hull fittings, etc.) with #8 stranded wire. The ground wire that was attached to that chainplate was removed and attached to the grounding terminal on the antenna tuner. What you end up with is a whole series of closed loops instead of a single separate isolated antenna wire and a large ground plane in the bilge. I cannot explain how it works, but it does.”
I think I’ve come to understand this as the antenna consists of a random length wire hooked to a really nice antenna tuner. The random length wire is made up of all of the standing rigging bonded together.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!Our only complaint is that we can’t see devoting all that space to a table which we won’t use. I say that because on land, we don’t have a dining table, nor a big couch, nor much space either. 2 years ago we downsized from 1200sq ft to 650sq ft and we think less is more in terms of stuff especially within a small space.
I’d just chalk it up to us being weird. 😉
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!That is a pretty good setup as for what Dawn and I plan to do, we my do nothing, at home we don’t have a dining room table either. We mostly eat sitting on our chairs (we don’t have a couch either). The bowl is my favorite way to eat so it works out. The best setup we’ve seen is on Island Packets which have a fold-down table on the forward bulkhead. However the mast on the IP’s I’ve been on is forward of this bulkhead so they don’t’ have to contend with a fold out table trying to go around the mast. Still, it might be possible with come creative use of hinges.
Another idea is that we could have a small post mounted table but more like a coffee table set off to one side which would divide one of the settees into two chairs.
My gut says we won’t do anything to add a table. It would be good (necessary) to add some ceiling grab rails in the salon though so there is something to hang-onto when underway.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!John, I’m beginning to think maybe I should my questions to you then send the answers to the list for archival. 😉 This is EXACTLY the kind of thoughtful information from someone who’s been there, done that, sent the postcard that a new owner needs.
Thanks a lot for the reply!
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!I created a Pearson 424 group on flickr you’re welcome to use it if you’re a Flckr-er.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!@Patrick_Seattle wrote:
Sea Spirit has a ….
Sorry I got that name wrong. Steve SEARS owns SPIRIT. He runs them together in the URL (searSpirit.com ) to confuse me. 😉
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!Sea Spirit has a pretty interesting setup, she pulls here excess chain down into the sewer through a PVC pipe with a windlass.
pic: http://www.searspirit.com/spirit/anchorchain.htm
I am pretty enamored with this as a concept, not to sure how well it is working for Steve the owner though.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!If my deal goes through I was thinking about paying someone to make some printmfg quality artwork of all the logos so I can get replacement decals, when needed for sails, silly personal use, etc.
The logos I am aware of are:
- * Pearson Yachts text with the pitchfork/”P” Flag logo as seen on the traveler housing
* Pearson 424 text with the pitchfork/”P” Flag logo as seen in the brochures. I don’t think this is even on the boat anywhere
* 424 text with the pitchfork/”P” Flag logo as seen on the sailsAre there any other combinations or logos I’m missing? When I get this done (won’t be till this summer) I’ll share all the original artwork files.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!yep, totally agree, its all about trade-offs.
Silver Heels wrote:Have you ever noticed how everything you (I, we) do on a boat is always, to a greater or lesser degree, a compromise?
Free Spirit’s set up appears to stow the chain further aft and lower down than the “official” chain locker. Perhaps that
was the installer’s reasoning.
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Thanks Dawn and Patrick!
