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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-12-2022, 03:06
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

I think on the NortWind 47 it is not the sliders that make it difficult to move, there is not enough bottom/top room in the "garage".


Bert
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-12-2022, 06:41
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

Hi TrentePieds (https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/members/trentepieds-167136.html), I will not be on the boat before Christmas, I will make pictures then.

I have the idea that it is not the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-12-2022, 06:34
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

Thank you Jolly Roger (https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/members/jolly+roger-3741.html) for the ideas on the companionway. I think I will do a comparable job. I like the hinged doors!
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-12-2022, 05:38
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

Then I have to remove the hatch, I have no idea how that works on a NorthWind 47
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-12-2022, 13:17
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

Thank you Ann, I think I have to de-construct the sliding


Bert
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-12-2022, 09:55
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

It Jams, I need all my force to move it
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-12-2022, 08:29
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

Thank You TrentePieds (https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/members/trentepieds-167136.html), I will give that a try
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 15-12-2022, 13:03
Replies: 14
Views: 785
Posted By B_Wieberdink
NorthWind 47 companionway hatch

UI have a new to me NorthWind 47. The hatch in the companionway moves very heavy. Anyone wth ideas?
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 25-11-2021, 01:05
Replies: 408
Views: 52,987
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Watch Keeping Single Handing

Enforcementof Rule 5 is very difficult nowadays. When a law enforcement ships comes nearer I am alerted by radar, Ais and the reguraly lookout every x minutes. So when they come nearer, I am keeping...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 24-11-2021, 04:24
Replies: 408
Views: 52,987
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Watch Keeping Single Handing

I think nearly every country has a statement like this. When I am in coastal waters I keep a good lookout.


Bert
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 23-11-2021, 13:15
Replies: 408
Views: 52,987
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Watch Keeping Single Handing

I am 73 and single handing my 31 on the crowded North Sea and the Irish sea. I take naps of 20 minutes at night, because I can see the ships far better at night than in daytime. I have radar and AIS...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 15-09-2021, 12:18
Replies: 73
Views: 12,353
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Raising, lowering, reefing from the cockpit.

I have a fully battened mainsail on my Contest 31. The lower three battens are connected to the topping lift with a ring. When lowering the sail it keeps the most of the sail on/near the boom. I do...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 14-07-2021, 13:49
Replies: 15
Views: 2,125
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Can anyone identify my roller furler?

I have a Facnor SD180. Works already perfect for over 25 years
Forum: Europe 10-04-2021, 05:55
Replies: 112
Views: 15,439
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: 4 in 5 UK Boat Owners May Quit Cruising Due to Post-Brexit Schengen Rules

You are wrong: UK funding in 2019 was 10.5 % (17.147M of 163.917M)
refunding was in 2019 7.635,8M


Bert
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 29-03-2021, 10:35
Replies: 109
Views: 18,784
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Countries illegal to sail into with copper paint?

In The Netherlands there is a list of antifoulings that are allowed, most of them are without copper. You can buy not allowed paint, but it is forbidden to apply them.
When the paint is on the boat,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 08-03-2021, 07:42
Replies: 74
Views: 8,057
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Wheel steering

I have wheel steering. When sailing I am sitting in front of the wheel next to the winches, and near the cabin for coffee
Forum: Europe 17-08-2020, 13:19
Replies: 12
Views: 2,804
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Winter Sailing in the Netherlands (crazy?)

I live in the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer. I sail summer and winter on the IJsselmeer and Wadden in my 31 foot sailboat.
You need a good heating system in your boat, a diesel heater of 3000 Watts...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 05-06-2020, 13:48
Replies: 20
Views: 11,179
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Installing electric fuel pump in series with on engine diaphragm pump

I like to have the pump between dieseltank and the filters. Its running when the engine is on. When there is a leak, there is no air sucked in, just some leaking of diesel, which you can smell. Air...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 27-04-2019, 13:25
Replies: 46
Views: 11,541
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Options for single-handed mast climbing?

I use a 4 to 1 purchase with the working part coming down, so actually a 5 to 1
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 26-04-2019, 11:04
Replies: 55
Views: 10,760
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Building a solid dodger

I have a Contest 31 and build a hardtop dodger myself out of foam and epoxy. The windows are Lexan in home made profiles of carbon fibre /epoxy.
It is very strong, you can stand on it.
I made it...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 08-02-2018, 12:26
Replies: 26
Views: 5,542
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Liveaboard options - Bavaria 37 or Roberts 42 ketch

I have sailed a lot of Bavaria's, including the 37. . Easy to single hand, easy manouvring, I would like the winches somewhat bigger.

Bert
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 01-01-2017, 10:45
Replies: 29
Views: 3,782
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Cooling paranoia or common sense?

On a boat the gearbox cooler is normaly below waterlevel, so suction is normaly not a problem.

I allway wonder why most diesel-installations have the filters at the suction side, every leak sucs...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-12-2016, 07:24
Replies: 64
Views: 22,240
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Sailboat Refit Costs: Seacocks: How Many and How Much?

From 1979 to 2014 the boat was 3 months a year on salt water with brass valves. There was not a sign of corrosion/ desincification.

Bert
Forum: Meets & Greets 06-12-2016, 01:11
Replies: 8
Views: 1,325
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Guten Tag and a warm 'hello' from Frankfurt/Germany

Hello from the Netherlands.

My name is Bert and I live in Lemmer, The Netherlands, near the big lake IJsselmeer and not far from the North Sea. I am 68 years of age and I am sailing since I was...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-12-2016, 00:17
Replies: 64
Views: 22,240
Posted By B_Wieberdink
Re: Sailboat Refit Costs: Seacocks: How Many and How Much?

1979 Contest 31HTac

6 seacocks on the boat.
Replaced all 6 at one time in 2015

Originals were brass ball valves, were all in condition, the cockpit drain-valves were stuck.
Replaced them with...
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