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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-05-2016, 07:46
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

^^ of course in non-tropical sailing you might desire some "solar gain".

We had light beige non skid - I thought it worked well across a wide range of latitudes. I don't remember it ever being too...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-04-2016, 11:46
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I find the work sequence interesting. It is different than I am used to. I have typically seen metal boats built from the backbone + ring frames and then bulkheads, and then skinned (deck and hull)...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-04-2016, 17:51
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

yea, we added treadmaster non-skid pads to our hard dodger top - we ended up standing up there more frequently than we had guessed.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-04-2016, 08:30
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I do not see laser very often on aluminum thicker than about 4mm. And probably the thinnest plate on SL's boat will be 6mm (might have 5mm decks I guess), with some 8 and 12.



oh, geeze - you...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-04-2016, 16:58
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

it would be water jet for sure

who they making the new expedition boat for - come on snoop a bit for us :)
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-07-2015, 05:26
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Before we built Hawk, I had a couple designers attempt the 'reverse window pilot house", exactly because as you say it is common in serious work boats. But I found all the attempts to be ugly.
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-07-2015, 08:13
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Just as a small detail, we used SS armored fuel hose from the day tank to the engine (I think it was https://www.summitracing.com/parts/spe-29410/overview/). May be overkill, but you don't want that...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-07-2015, 08:19
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Hawk's system was somewhat similar to this . . .and I will say that in practice our only real world failure mode was forgetting to pump up to the day tank once every 12 hrs, thus letting it run dry,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-06-2015, 12:50
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

^^ the reason I went aluminum was not at all "lightness and impact resistance". The primary reason was how easy it is to build an entirely watertight can in metal, with everything welded in and no...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-06-2015, 10:47
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

^^

"one ply of woven Kevlar and then the carbon reinforcements"

It was exactly what is written there, one single ply of kevlar (for abrasion resistance - if i remember 150 g/sqm ply from the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-06-2015, 07:39
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

BTW, regarding water ballast . . . . internal ballast tanks have significant trade-offs . . . . but I was talking last night to someone prepping for a pacific run and he was using (several) external...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-06-2015, 15:09
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

^^ did you actually read the laminate details? They used only one ply of Kevlar, just on the outside, for abrasion resistance, and the rest was carbon - pretty much exactly as I suggested.

It's...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-06-2015, 13:31
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

^^ nice if the chainplates are anodised, helps protect them from the stainless bushing, pins and toggles near them. You fabricate then anodise, then have to grind some of the anodising to weld them...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-06-2015, 12:12
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Anodizing will not work for two reasons - need huge bath, way too expensive; and if you scratch it, as you certainly will on top sides, no good way to repair it.

Kevlar is actually pretty crappy...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-06-2015, 15:47
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

The major difference(s) in construction cost between metal and glass is that glass boats require tooling (a Mold) be built, while metal ones do not. So it makes sense to make series boats in glass to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-06-2015, 09:05
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

SWL . . . .do you guys know how to weld aluminum, plan to carry a machine?

I have tack welded, but can't truly say I know how to weld. We always hired guys when we had something significant and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-06-2015, 15:29
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

^^
this is a collection of photos: Yves Parlier fixing his broken mast - VENDEE - GLOBE - 2000 - VENDEE - GLOBE - RACES - EVENTS - OFFSHORE - RACING - Sea and Co, The Marine Photo Library...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-06-2015, 14:42
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

do you remember that Yves Parlier broke his (carbon) mast in two in the 2002 vendee. he sailed it into Port Pegasus (steward island) under jerry rig, cut the two broken ends clean, made an internal...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-06-2015, 10:14
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

yes, they 'work'. In fact I believe they are not 'popular' because they work so well that the various racing rules penalize them.

The only drawback I have seen to them is that they can restrict...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-06-2015, 08:32
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I have been convinced that a 'properly built' carbon mast is better (but yes, rather more expensive) in all regards than aluminum (note: I consulted to southern spars for a while, and was CEO of a...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-06-2015, 19:16
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

I am assuming they are getting a carbon mast?

If so, the best of all worlds is a keel stepped one with a deck level plug/drain. That gives you the engineering advantages of the keel step (and I...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-06-2015, 04:21
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Good observation . . . . If it is keel stepped, they need to make sure there is a deck level dam and drains inside the mast. But in the worst case, it is 'only' (usually) fresh (rain) water, if the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-06-2015, 14:45
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-06-2015, 09:39
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

Our interior was white with wood trim, and we had the reflek . . . . we did a blue patterned tile background behind the heater, the blue blended in with our cushion cover colors. I would not have...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-06-2015, 04:42
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Posted By estarzinger
Re: Bestevaer 49ST

^^ well said
I particularly like the observation that one of the greatest "comforts of home" is someone else delivering essentially unlimited power and water.

We were on a club cruise in company...
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