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20-08-2011, 19:45
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Valencia, Spain
Boat: SAGA 27 AK
Posts: 509
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All She Wants Now Is . . .
Having tried sailing for the first time last month with a trip down the Keys, the Admiral has now told me that the boat NEEDS three more things:
- Shower curtains
- Unlimited water
- Air-conditioning
For the trip down the Keys I just bought a cheap ($100) window air-con from K-Mart and mounted it the companionway. Not good enough I'm told, though I agree too.
Looks like more money to spend, bigger batteries needed, and extra solar panels required. Ah well, things done to keep Admirals happy are rewarded in heaven (the fore-cabin in my case).
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20-08-2011, 20:00
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Sydney Australia
Boat: Lavezzi 40, Pourpre
Posts: 962
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Re: All she wants now is...
There's always something to do on a boat, remember the most expensive way works out to be the cheapest way in the long run.
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20-08-2011, 20:04
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Currently cruising the Philippines, just got back from PNG & Solomons
Boat: Wauquiez 45' (now 48') catamaran
Posts: 1,088
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Re: All she wants now is...
Air con requires either a gen-set or a marina. You won't power one from a battery for long.
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20-08-2011, 20:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Valencia, Spain
Boat: SAGA 27 AK
Posts: 509
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Re: All she wants now is...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Hacking
Air con requires either a gen-set or a marina. You won't power one from a battery for long.
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Yes John, quite right, and she understands that. Extra battery and charging power would be for a watermaker.
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20-08-2011, 20:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Currently cruising the Philippines, just got back from PNG & Solomons
Boat: Wauquiez 45' (now 48') catamaran
Posts: 1,088
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Re: All she wants now is...
Hi Paul - If you're planning a watermaker installation, you might want to read our Watermaker page. Ditto for Solar Panels. OK, shameless self promotion, but there's good cruiser-specific info in there.
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20-08-2011, 22:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Valencia, Spain
Boat: SAGA 27 AK
Posts: 509
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Re: All she wants now is...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Hacking
Hi Paul - If you're planning a watermaker installation, you might want to read our Watermaker page. Ditto for Solar Panels. OK, shameless self promotion, but there's good cruiser-specific info in there.
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Thanks Jon, excellent info.
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20-08-2011, 22:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Australia
Boat: CT 54... for our sins!
Posts: 2,083
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
Cheaper to demote her.
If she wasn't an admiral maybe she wouldn't expect all that pricey gear.
A First Mate could be a lot more affordable
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20-08-2011, 22:54
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Valencia, Spain
Boat: SAGA 27 AK
Posts: 509
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
Quote:
Originally Posted by VirtualVagabond
Cheaper to demote her.
If she wasn't an admiral maybe she wouldn't expect all that pricey gear.
A First Mate could be a lot more affordable
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LOL, ever tried to demote an Admiral? Seems like it would need an act of God!
Maybe I should have started her out as a first mate. Easier to promote than demote.
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20-08-2011, 23:44
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Key West & Sarasota
Boat: Cal 28 "Happy Days"
Posts: 4,210
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
You're gonna need a bigger boat!
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02-10-2011, 15:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Florida
Boat: Matlack, Trawler, 48 ft
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
Cruising or living aboard is a team effort. For a pleasant experience, the Admiral must be happy. So, we sold the sailboat and bought a trawler. Now the Admiral/Galley Wench (her words) has a water maker, washer, airco, and a fully equipped galley. We're both happy now.
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02-10-2011, 16:59
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,959
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
I would trade in the Admiral before I'd install that stuff. Time for negotiation. Get a backbone.
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02-10-2011, 20:30
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
I'm very fortunate in that my wife understands that a sailboat is not a condo.
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02-10-2011, 20:57
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Tennessee
Boat: Research vessel for a university, retired now.
Posts: 10,406
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
Shower curtains....easy solution, Walmart.
Unlimited water....there is an almost infinite amount on the outside of the hull.
Air conditioning....sail further north.
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Life begins where land ends.
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02-10-2011, 21:06
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
air conditioning? got my window unit for 140 dollars, it fits into my formosa's dinette window, and i stay on a dock f or summer storms.. got it because i sailed south and stayed with my boat.....novel concept, it seems.....the rest--what david m said.......
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03-10-2011, 03:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Stuart, FL & Bahamas Cruising
Boat: Lagoon 37
Posts: 880
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Re: All She Wants Now Is . . .
And the watermaker will pay for itself when you go cruising, so it is an investment. And remember "If the Admiral ain't happy,
no bodies happy!
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