Sven
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Actually it has been just 7 weeks, but still a great shakedown.
We had the one jib sheet block disintegrate on us, there was one set screw in the Cape Horn self steering that was not tight enough, one stainless steel railing tube turns out to be inexplicably short by an inch (!?), the 6 screws holding the boom goose-neck needed re-tightening and we have a mystery leak in the v-berth when we are in heavy weather, the ball bearings in the traveler blocks are falling out.
The Cape Horn is wonderful even if the set screw making the top pop up in rough weather was most unsettling. The sails from Lee are great. The solar panels are outstanding, actually producing combined 328 Watts at one point (marketed as 135 each). The water maker makes absolutely delicious water, 1 gallon every 10 minutes, consistently (on a sunny day the solar panels will power the water maker in real time for almost three hours around noon). The Iridium satellite phone with the Axcess point WiFi router keeps us MSFT free and we still get e-mail and GRIB files for about 2 minutes connect time per day ($3/day) absolutely anywhere in the world. The 66 lb plow anchor and HT 5/16" chain hold beautifully. The Maxwell windlass with the low current foot switches (by Lofrans) comes through every time.
So now we are in town to get some parts and provision for the next 4 days or so. After that we head to Avalon for two days and then out west, looking for the Pacific high if it is far enough north. Then swing north.
Not too shabby !!
-Sven
We had the one jib sheet block disintegrate on us, there was one set screw in the Cape Horn self steering that was not tight enough, one stainless steel railing tube turns out to be inexplicably short by an inch (!?), the 6 screws holding the boom goose-neck needed re-tightening and we have a mystery leak in the v-berth when we are in heavy weather, the ball bearings in the traveler blocks are falling out.
The Cape Horn is wonderful even if the set screw making the top pop up in rough weather was most unsettling. The sails from Lee are great. The solar panels are outstanding, actually producing combined 328 Watts at one point (marketed as 135 each). The water maker makes absolutely delicious water, 1 gallon every 10 minutes, consistently (on a sunny day the solar panels will power the water maker in real time for almost three hours around noon). The Iridium satellite phone with the Axcess point WiFi router keeps us MSFT free and we still get e-mail and GRIB files for about 2 minutes connect time per day ($3/day) absolutely anywhere in the world. The 66 lb plow anchor and HT 5/16" chain hold beautifully. The Maxwell windlass with the low current foot switches (by Lofrans) comes through every time.
So now we are in town to get some parts and provision for the next 4 days or so. After that we head to Avalon for two days and then out west, looking for the Pacific high if it is far enough north. Then swing north.
Not too shabby !!
-Sven
