passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com -----Original Message----- From: passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com [mailto:passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:00 AM To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com Subject: Passagemaking-Under-Power Digest, Vol 70, Issue 8 Send Passagemaking-Under-Power mailing list submissions to passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com You can reach the person managing the list at passagemaking-under-power-owner@lists.samurai.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Passagemaking-Under-Power digest..." Today's Topics: 1. The value of PUP (Benno Klopfer) 2. MV Kekada (Georgs Kolesnikovs) 3. MV Kekada (Don Richards) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:45:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Benno Klopfer <bennoklopfer@yahoo.com> To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com Subject: [PUP] The value of PUP Message-ID: <739936.61350.qm@web59801.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To the author of Georgs posted letter I have only encouraging words: "Go for it and live your dream. There is a wonderful world to cruise out there. Your country: Brazil, has a few gems like Lagoa dos Patos (Diesel Duck Lake :-) between Rio Grande and Puerto Alegre, Ilhe Grande with Parati and surrounding islands and the Abrolhos Island, just to name a few." Marlene and Benno on "Diesel Duck" ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:23:24 +0000 From: Georgs Kolesnikovs <gxk@earthlink.net> To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com Subject: [PUP] MV Kekada Message-ID: <251B4765-6823-473C-9AAB-5CA84E2F9BF7@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Hey, Don! Tell us about Kekada. Who's the designer? Who's the builder? Why did you select the SH54 as your next dream ship? When do you hope to launch? Where and how do you intend to use Kekada? And what's the name mean? --Georgs > mv Kekada > SH54#33 (under construction ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 01:09:01 +0930 From: Don Richards <don_richards@hotmail.com> To: <passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com> Subject: [PUP] MV Kekada Message-ID: <BAY156-w422284CAE5C8A92FA383FEE1720@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Georgs, Kekada starts out as a Blaine Seeley designed trawler built by Seahorse Marine (Bill Kimley of Diesel Duck fame) but with some design input from us. We have chosen to increase the hull length by 2' to give an increased cockpit area, extended the sundeck correspondingly and added a portugese bridge for a slightly drier ride/side decks. We were very taken with the design of the hull (which was a key aspect of the decision process along with the A/B ratio etc) and also the quality of the fit-out and the build flexibility SHM offered. The inclusion of a bath also has some personal history for us. We also hope to travel the Rhine/Main/Danube so air clearance also came into the selection process as well as dictating port and starboard side decks. The hydraulically operated paraselle is also a factor of our ultimate destination. Our background includes extensive cruising under sail and we were fairly sure of what we wanted in our "old age". We have selected twin 135hp John Deeres for propulsion. Twins provide the best "get home" engine option for us and on paper fuel consumption at cruising speed is almost identical to a larger single engine option. The gearbox selection allows us to trail one if necessary to extend our range. We also like the improved manoeuvrability afforded by twins. Our stabilization is via a gyroscope which is powered via redundant invertors (1000Ah battery bank and 9Kw generator). This eliminates the problems that fins and paravanes encounter with respect to floating objects as well as giving us the option to spin it up when at anchor. The rest of the equipment is pretty standard stuff and is still subject to change. There is a more detailed list on our web site at http://www.kekada.com/OurBoats/mvKekada.htm for anyone who is interested. It also gives our launch date and details of our "last voyage" under the "Where is Kekada" page if you can get past the choice of yellow for our proposed route. The picture on the home page is just a mock-up of what we expect Kekada to look like. If there are questions about specific items I happy to explain our reasoning behind the selection. The website also hints at the meaning behind Kekada. Cheers, Don SH54#33 (under construction) ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List End of Passagemaking-Under-Power Digest, Vol 70, Issue 8 ********************************************************