Anchoring at White Cove, Catalina Island. Tough decisions about what's next....
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2021
- In this episode, we discuss an issue which is going to delay our larger cruising plans. We hit the fuel dock then anchor at White Cove, Catalina Island for a chill overnighters.
Where's Keeldragger?
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I was looking forward to your world travels, but now I am looking forward to more west coast videos!
Hope to still have some interesting videos coming up.
For us Volvo was a nightmare when we had trouble with ours. We repowered with a Beta Marine 60 and have never looked back. Best $25k spent ever. By the way, congrats on your early retirement. We retired and spend our summers on the sailboat and winter in Arizona. Plans are to move the boat to Puerto Penasco and put her on the hard so that we can splash her for summer sailing in the Sea. Okay, just listened to the part where you decided on Beta. I can put you in touch with Chris Rinaldi who is a Beta Marine mechanic that handled our repower. He did a great job for us.
I've been working with Chris Rinaldi. Still unclear if/when I can get my hands on a Beta engine and v-drive. They are backed up for months. Sounds like you have a good plan with Arizona and Puerto Penasco. Easy enough to shuttle in parts from the U.S. if you need them while you have her hauled.
Congratulations to you Mark! Will have fun watching your adventures!! :) :) :) BEST OF LUCK OUT THERE!!! You will be greatly missed at AWS!!!!
Thank you, Kim!! I miss the team already.
always great! Congrats on early freedom. Love the master Ken! Let me know if you ever need crew.
Thanks, Greg.
Beta marin is a good choice... i repowerd one of my boats a few years back ... really happy with it.
If only I could get one before mid-2022...
Great opportunity to do all the Santa Monica Bay local cruising races :)
I signed up for www.pssala.com/ briefly before the pandemic shut everything down. I thought the single/double-handed races might be a lot of fun.
Order that engine, monitor that trans oil, use that beautiful boat and before you know it time will be here to install it and then take off for mex. Have fun!!
That's exactly my plan, but by the time I get my install it will be well past prime cruising season in Mex... maybe Hawaii at that point or up the coast.
Wow, congratulations on the retirement! Looks like a new yanmar is the future as parts are available even at joes taco stand Bogota, Columbia!
Thanks, Randy. I'm looking at both Beta marine (Kubota block) and Yanmar. Yanmar is everywhere and I had a good experience with my last one. I'm not as big of a fan of the new common rail design and electronics--a failure mode I couldn't address easily in remote areas.
But, Master Ken... Why would I continue to fight a double amputee! 😂😂
...And remember... Always re-stomp that groin! 🤣🤣
He shouldn't have been talking smack in the first place!! My wife surprised me with that video. I was dying!
if you go new motor will you switch to a direct drive and forget the v-drive ?
No. Wish I could. The engine placement would have to change dramatically or the entire shaft angle, etc. would have to be altered substantially to replace the v-drive with direct.
Congrats on your retirement. I’ll see you out there.
Thank you! Definitely give me a shout when we cross paths!
I really like the Beta Marine I had one in my last boat. I have an 1999 Catalina 380 It weighs 20,000.00 Lbs it has a Westerbeke 42 I'm thinking of repowering as well with the 55 Hp Beta
I'm thinking 30 K installed does that sound about right?
I think that's in the ballpark. maybe a little less.
I've watched several sailing videos and it seems you all spend more time making repairs and other miscellaneous hassles rather than just enjoying sailing. Think I will bow out. No pun intended
Hi Mike, that's a fair assessment. A lot of people have the misperception that sailboats run on unicorn farts and pixie dust :-). The reality is boat ownership is hard work--unless you can afford to have others take care of all of the maintenance for you. Best to charter in that case but unfortunately not all charter boats are well maintained. There's a better option... sail on other people's boats!
During these times when fuel prices are
Fuel prices are high but nowhere near the biggest expense at the moment.
Welcome to the cruising life!! You did have a choice, motoring or drifting.... Hahaha!! Way cool what you are doing. Congrats!!
No problem getting to Mexico and sailing down Baja. Maybe a problem motoring 1000 nm back to California (as is usually the case, unless you sail towards Hawaii and back--I've considered that option!).
@@keeldragger Well, sir, you are official unemployed and a cruiser. Nowhere to go, nowhere to be, just cruising along! Cabo to Hawaii and back to Cali sound like fun!
It won't be official until Thursday :-). I have some dumb ideas... stay tuned!
@@keeldragger Dumb ideas make the most interesting stories.
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May have slowed leak but the bearings were also damaged