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01-06-2016, 15:34
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Boat: Van Helleman Schooner 65ft StarGazer
Posts: 10,280
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Re bunkering, Great decision with the fuel standpipe.....
If your cruising plans are in remote 3rd world locations, you can plumb a fuel transfer pump to also be a bunkering pump, so as to monitor and control fuel from dubious containers.
On you standpipe I would specify the threaded cap to take a "Camlock fitting"
https://goo.gl/images/1J8PEh
And carry the matching fitting with hose tail.
Unlike a gravity or pressure feed.....This way you can suck and monitor fuel through a proper inline filter ...the connection to boat is under vacuum (not pressure)....so no chance of a fuel spill, and you can suck the long delivery fuel line completely dry before disconnecting
So you control the rate and suck fuel from onboard..
I have used this system for many years and it works great to catch bad slugs of fuel before it gets into tank.
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03-06-2016, 08:48
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#812
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2008
Boat: Bestevaer 49
Posts: 16,179
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
More photos have arrived from KM
The hull plating has commenced
I am just exhausted here with another day of preparations for the splashing of our current boat on Monday. I was too tired yesterday to even sip the glass of wine poured for me. A first . The boat is looking immaculate in and out. Last coat of antifouling to go on tomorrow. Provisioning is completed. A massive task getting everything up the ladder!
Anyway, before I load a shot of the 8mm plating, here are two photos we took while at KM's yard of the sanded bulwark on some of the curved plates.
The punch marks indicate where the deck will be welded on:
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03-06-2016, 08:51
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#813
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Boat: Morgan Moorings 50
Posts: 1,895
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Woop Woop! What are your plans for your current boat?
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03-06-2016, 09:04
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#814
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2008
Boat: Bestevaer 49
Posts: 16,179
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by DDabs
Woop Woop! What are your plans for your current boat?
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She is about to go up for sale. An ad will be placed on Yachtworld in the next week ot two. With us being back in Australia and no broker close by, there was no point advertising seriously beforehand. The brief post on CF linked on my signature was the only ad we have placed so far.
Having been asked, I can put in a plug . The alu hull has been freshly sanded below the waterline and antifouled with Trilux 33. The engine has been serviced, prop greased, anodes changed..... A labour of love.
If she isn't snapped up quickly at the bargain price we are offering her for, we are looking forward to spending another trouble free summer on the water .
SWL
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03-06-2016, 09:06
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Seville London Eastbourne
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Incredibly consistent welding.
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03-06-2016, 09:08
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#816
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Boat: Bestevaer 49
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by weavis
Incredibly consistent welding.
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Weave, it is nothing short of jaw droppingly beautiful when seen in the flesh.
We were extremely impressed with KM's work when we visited 2 years ago and standards are as high as ever.
SWL
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"To me the simple act of tying a knot is an adventure in unlimited space." Clifford Ashley
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." Isak Dinesen
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03-06-2016, 09:22
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#817
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 5,988
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
The extremes in boat building these days is quite something. When you buy high quality you only cry once.
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03-06-2016, 09:22
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#818
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Boat: Bestevaer 49
Posts: 16,179
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
This image leaves me almost speechless for once. All I can say is wow!
SWL
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"To me the simple act of tying a knot is an adventure in unlimited space." Clifford Ashley
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." Isak Dinesen
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03-06-2016, 09:26
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#819
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Boat: Morgan Moorings 50
Posts: 1,895
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
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03-06-2016, 10:59
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#820
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 2,844
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by Seaworthy Lass
This image leaves me almost speechless for once. All I can say is wow!
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Are you sure they are building you a boat?
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03-06-2016, 14:43
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 5,988
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoppy
Are you sure they are building you a boat?
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Pretty cute!
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03-06-2016, 15:07
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#822
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2008
Location: cruising SW Pacific
Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar
Posts: 21,274
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by robert sailor
Pretty cute!
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Yeah, but the plating isn't nearly as fair as the Besteaver... no comparison!
Jim
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03-06-2016, 23:45
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#823
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2008
Boat: Bestevaer 49
Posts: 16,179
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by hoppy
Are you sure they are building you a boat?
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We have repeatedly complained to KM that the hull needs to be the other way around .
The process to turn the hull the right way up is actually a milestone. The owners are usually present, pacing nervously up and down with their fingers crossed that nothing is dropped. Celebrations follow. One of the advantages of a boat built by a small team like KM is the ability to be involved in the build process in this sort of way.
KM have also been great in allowing us access (they even opened up on Saturday and left us several hours to poke and prod our new boat). As well as the pleasure this gives, it inspires confidence that they are proud of their work. I suspect some boatbuilders would not want owners viewing some of the details of construction that would eventually be out of sight.
Unfortunately, we will be cruising in Greece when the boat is flipped, so we will miss the excitement. On the other hand, I think my stomach would be churning, so perhaps it's not such a bad thing .
SWL
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03-06-2016, 23:56
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Seville London Eastbourne
Posts: 13,406
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by Seaworthy Lass
Unfortunately, we will be cruising in Greece when the boat is flipped, so we will miss the excitement. On the other hand, I think my stomach would be churning, so perhaps it's not such a bad thing .
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Having viewed the build process vicariously through the photos, there is much confidence in their ability to flip the boat....
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10% of conflicts are due to different opinions. 90% by the tone of voice.
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
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04-06-2016, 00:21
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#825
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2008
Boat: Bestevaer 49
Posts: 16,179
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Re: Bestevaer 49ST
Quote:
Originally Posted by weavis
Having viewed the build process vicariously through the photos, there is much confidence in their ability to flip the boat....
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They do it ultra, ultra slowly .
This is the YouTube of the recent turning of the Bestevaer 45 Jongedame in one minute time lapses:
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