Randal, On August 15, I berthed in Friday Harbor for the night and the most beautiful Diesel Duck I have seen was moored on the outer breakwater. We even made the long walk out there to admire the boat. I am sure she must be a lot like yours. I have a Nordhavn and know Jim Leishman fairly well. I am sure that he is happy that his advice helped you find the cruising boat that best fits your life style even if it wasn't a Nordhavn. The same can not be said for all people in the industry. The year before I took delivery of my boat we attended the Annapolis Boat Show. I was on a Fleming 55 and was admiring what a well built and beautiful boat it was. I stopped and complimented one of the company representatives and asked a couple of questions about the boat. He was very nice right up until he asked me about my boating plans and I told him that I had a Nordhavn on order. Suddenly things turned nasty and he basically threw me off his boat for wasting his time. With regard to barnacles on the prop, I use a product called Prop Speed which works very well. I have had very little in the way of growth on my running gear with the prop speed. The first application was the best and and didn't need to be redone for nearly five years. The second application was a year and a half ago in Hawaii. I wasn't thrilled with their process and just had it redone a month ago. The bottom line is that the product works very well but proper application is essential. It may be one of those things you should do yourself just to get it right. Phil Eslinger Flat Earth N50, Astoria, Or.

Funny... I had the same thing happen with the Fleming folks. We met up with a fairly new DD named SeaDuction a few times this summer in AK, and she was a beauty. Not sure if that was the same boat you saw in Friday. If I hadn't been able to buy my Nordhavn, I'd absolutely own a Duck today. They just make sense to me, and the pricing is incredibly good. Interestingly, when we got away from most of the other powerboats, out in the real wild of AK and northern BC (not the usual Highway), we saw a couple of Ducks out there, along with plenty of Nordhavns, a couple of Kady's and a single Selene. Given how few Ducks are on the water, that was remarkable. They're built to travel wide, and they do. John Marshall N55-20 Serendipity On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Philip Eslinger wrote: > Randal, > > On August 15, I berthed in Friday Harbor for the night and the most > beautiful Diesel Duck I have seen was moored on the outer > breakwater. We even made the long walk out there to admire the > boat. I am sure she must be a lot like yours. I have a Nordhavn > and know Jim Leishman fairly well. I am sure that he is happy that > his advice helped you find the cruising boat that best fits your > life style even if it wasn't a Nordhavn. The same can not be said > for all people in the industry. The year before I took delivery of > my boat we attended the Annapolis Boat Show. I was on a Fleming 55 > and was admiring what a well built and beautiful boat it was. I > stopped and complimented one of the company representatives and > asked a couple of questions about the boat. He was very nice right > up until he asked me about my boating plans and I told him that I > had a Nordhavn on order. Suddenly things turned nasty and he > basically threw me off his boat for wasting his time. > > With regard to barnacles on the prop, I use a product called Prop > Speed which works very well. I have had very little in the way of > growth on my running gear with the prop speed. The first > application was the best and and didn't need to be redone for nearly > five years. The second application was a year and a half ago in > Hawaii. I wasn't thrilled with their process and just had it redone > a month ago. The bottom line is that the product works very well > but proper application is essential. It may be one of those things > you should do yourself just to get it right. > > Phil Eslinger > Flat Earth N50, Astoria, Or. > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.