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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-10-2018, 08:46
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Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I had not thought to use a phone, I use an iPad and a RAM mount
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-09-2018, 19:31
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Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

I don’t want to Hijack the thread, maybe we should start a thread on what’s the best lead cruiser battery chemistry, and why?
AGM’s are very intolerant to PSOC cycling and you need to get to 100%...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-09-2018, 18:28
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Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Knowing more about batteries now than I did when I bought these, I would not go with AGM again, but Gel.
I went with AGM cause first they would fit and second they were made by Concorde, and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 03-09-2018, 03:38
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Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Then you have this...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 03-09-2018, 03:36
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Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

This the cheap one I use, and have used for three years and it has worked well so far.
However as has been said, you can’t pulse it, it gives you a couple of feet or nothing....
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 08-07-2018, 15:56
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Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

Through a sea gull filter is one way. If you look at its specs, it’s pretty impressive.
https://generalecology.com/info/techmemocert
We don’t want to either, and hope we don’t, but I have a...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 20-06-2018, 07:42
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Our little Haier washing machine uses very little power, I was surprised at how little.
However it uses an enormous amount of water, I measured it once but have forgotten how much, but it was...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 20-06-2018, 07:34
Replies: 2,068
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Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

Spectra, of course the larger ones, can make an enormous amount of water, they are not low volume watermakers.
Just they are not inexpensive either.
Those of us with AC “high volume” watermakers...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-05-2018, 07:51
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Source of chain markers, maybe a link?
Paint I used is not going to cut it, it’s mostly gone now and I am going primarily by feel and they way the scope looks from the bow.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-11-2017, 11:27
Replies: 2,068
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Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

The concept of a true custom build is so far beyond me, I’d have to be led I’m afraid.
That and my desires and the wife’s may clash. I’d want things like easily removable interior to access...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-11-2017, 05:10
Replies: 2,068
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Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Consumer drives design, I’ll agree there.
However the consumer does not care about being able to service the Boat, that’s dirty work, you hire people to do dirty work, your too important. They...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-11-2017, 04:54
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Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

Years ago I toured the Mercedes factory in Germany. I learned that any design Engineer they had first did an apprenticeship on the factory floor and service center.
Now I haven’t had a Mercedes in...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 15-11-2017, 18:27
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I don’t want to hijack too much, more of a when you buy a manufactured Boat, you have to live with what the manufacturer thought was best, but if you get to design it, maybe you don’t have to have as...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 15-11-2017, 14:41
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Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I understand, its actually I believe a marketing thing, sounds good.
Surprisingly it has a double wall and almost three inches of air space between the walls. I have been told it’s best use it to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-11-2017, 10:58
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

The big difference between you and people like me that are just starting out is experience.
You know what you want and need, I have to theorize what we may want, so therefore I over prepare and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-11-2017, 09:17
Replies: 2,068
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Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

As as far as ice makers, the portable counter top ones can’t be beat in my mind.
They are very cheap and easily replaced for $100. My Brother always had built in icemakers, both in his home and on...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-11-2017, 14:20
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Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

Just a backup, for you never know. This is to my way of thinking a rather large boat, and certainly not inexpensive. And where we cruise every now and again it gets stupid hot and the biting insects...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-11-2017, 13:15
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Really?
Interesting Boat, I can’t imagine doing without a generator for a boat this size and cost, much less refrigeration/ freezer.
Even if it wasn’t intended to be used, I would think a...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-10-2017, 16:44
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

Maybe not where the boat is being built, but in the US down South on Commercial fishing boats, Rhino liner is often used on deck where the nets etc. go. I think it would work well here too.
Rhino...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-10-2017, 16:41
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Or get a water bladder tank made to fit and cut the top off of it.

I like the plastic barrel idea myself, I used to carry fuel in those exact barrels to go deep sea fishing on the swim platform...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-10-2017, 06:54
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I’d adhere a thin rubber sheet to the box with aircraft fuel tank sealant.
It’s meant of course to line aluminum aircraft fuel tanks, and is at least as good an adhesive as 5200 and it has decades...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-10-2017, 15:15
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

I have had pretty good luck with citric acid for passivation.
I’d bet that the rust came from contamination of the steel from a metal brake or similar, it may have been corrected.
I had a...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-10-2017, 17:24
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

With so many ribs and stringers, it looks more like an airplane than a boat :)
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-10-2017, 07:45
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

Steps? Shelves?
Mine I open the hatch, suck my gut in as much as possible and gravity will cause me to slide though with just a few scrapes, think stuffing a boiled egg into a milk bottle, then...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-10-2017, 20:56
Replies: 2,068
Views: 556,255
Posted By a64pilot
Bestevaer 49ST

I thought the Lazarette was the place a wealthy person that died (passenger) was placed until you made port. Ordinary seamen etc were buried at sea, but I guess a wealthy passenger it was best to...
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