I have one question. I wonder why Henri Amel did NOT do it that way? Bill ROUSE BeBe

Bill, Thanks, I hope that it does work! I will update the group once I have used it for a while to find out. Best, James Alton SV Sueno, Maramu #220 Arbatax, Italy

Of course,Joel. That reminds me of two other rules I've learned: The 50-90 rule: if there are two ways of doing something and you're not sure which is right, you have a 50% chance of getting it

Kent, the only reason you have not used the fuel in your Jerry Jugs is because you had it ready. If it wasn't aboard, Murphy's Third Corollary would dictate that you would absolutely require

James, For what it’s worth, I really like your idea about the looped halyard. Simple and elegant. Wish I had thought of it :) Maybe you can market it to all those “other boats” who have twin

Hi Ric. Yes, and thank you for that. I carried the jerry cans on deck the first few passages South and back North between the Chesapeake and the Caribbean, but never needed a drop of fuel from them.

Ian is right, but I tend to motor at 2000 to 2200 rpm. I often motor sail for my 4 knot rule at lower RPM. I keep a fuel log as well. Bottom line is that 1 US gallon/hr is my safety number and voyage

Trevor I haven’t done a detailed analysis of fuel consumption. We have the Perkins Prima 50 on our Santorin. I believe we get around 2.75 litres and hour, but our engine use varies greatly from

Ian, After I sent my last response to you I realized that I had made a mistake. You did say sitting with your feet in the bow locker and I said standing… The sitting position sounds like a good

Alan, Yes, an inner forestay would be a great solution to hank on a storm jib. Sueno did come with a staysail. The staysail however was flown using only a halyard which exited just below the

I agree. I brought this up once a few years ago, but it seemed like members wanted the prior messages. In Panama Internet access is so poor that even short emails take forever to download. Also,

Yes. I cannot do it myself either. So it seems hardcoded. Some members ask their accounts to be removed and request new ones. Same as when they lose/forget the access to an email address. JL Group

Mates. I am seeing messages that are very long(tailed) and with content that is not needed to follow up. Since the threads can be followed by conversation, I suggest to adopt a practice that leads

Hello Trevor, I get 3.7 liters/hr based on about 2000 hours of average on a TMD 22 which is an older, less efficient engine. I would expect about 3.2 l/hr at 6 knots. GL with your

James Sitting with feet in the bow locker gives me a better downward pull on the halliard. It also means I can ensure the leach slides up the groove without snagging any sailcloth. Plus it's

We have to do this on Elyse as we have an inner forestay. Just a bit more extreme than Danny does, we have to furl in about 70% to get the genoa to pass the inner stay, but using autotack on the auto

Hello Group, I am trying to get an estimated fuel consumption / range for a Santorin running a D2-55. I have done the research from Penta and other sites and of-course everyone has their opinions.

Danny, I can imagine that it would be fun to watch you sailing your boat and I am sure that I would learn a lot! The Maramu of course lacks the electric winches and the genset to keep all of

Bill, I appreciate your suggestions on the other possible downwind setups and am sure that your intentions were as stated. I have found so far that usually when I think through the options to

Thanks James, The tacking is easier than you may think. The furler speed is such that by pressing to furl as the helm goes down it is at the perfect distance rolled as I pass head to wind. When