Seahorse 52 LRC anyone?

Will Do, Thanks,

We have uploaded lots of new construction photographs to our website for anyone interested.

www.kekada.com

Wow Don she is really comming together now.
End of Feb are you still expecting completion June there abouts.
I know how fit out can drag on, it's so fiddly and takes for ever.

Lookin Good.

Benn

Tidahapah wrote:

End of Feb are you still expecting completion June there abouts.
I know how fit out can drag on, it's so fiddly and takes for ever.

Lookin Good.

Benn

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Hi Benn,

Yes, still looking at a June finish although I would be okay for it to slip a month or two from a weather perspective

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The painting has commenced.* The Admiral gets the credit/blame for the colour selection.

Old Stone wrote:
Don - didn't mean to hijack here. Your vessel is absolutely beautiful, the paint looks great, but talk about anxiety.........can't imagine the journey both you and Mark have been on with building these projects! The "what will go wrong" factor must have kept each of you up some nights! Hats off to you both.

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There is of course a little bit of concern sending large sums of money to another country but we felt very comfortable selecting Seahorse Marine to do the build based on the feedback we received from existing owners with ALL of the ones we contacted being very positive.*SHM have been around for a long time and the steel yard still has a large backlog of orders so we were confident that they could carry the fibreglass yard*through*any*bad times. SHM stand behind their product and have been extremely flexible and responsive to our requests. Existing owners also report great after sales service. We haven't reached that stage yet but it is comforting to know as it is*very rare that a new boat*doesn't have something that needs attention.*Our only real stress has been the value of the US$ which is what the contract was signed in. When we signed our dollar was worth 0.85c and fortunately it*has steadily increased to be worth more than $1 so that has meant we could afford a few more "toys" within the same budget we had originally set. It could equally have gone the other way which is what many of the "experts" were saying at the time.

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Old Stone wrote:
Mark - Don't mean to change the thread, but now that your vessel is complete, and all that anxiety is behind you, how do you feel about retirement? You took on such a huge project that it would be hard to seperate that from any recurring questions about retirement. I trust a state of peace will come upon you once your vessel is delivered to you and you won't have time to worry about going back to work.

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*Sure hope so.* But the Coot has at least four more crane movements ahead before it gets into Oakland waters.

Navigator wrote:
The painting has commenced.* The Admiral gets the credit/blame for the colour selection.

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Love the looks of dark-hulled boats like yours and mine.

My Coot after first coat in January 2011:



-- Edited by markpierce on Saturday 7th of May 2011 04:59:16 PM

paint stage completed !

Shouldn't be too much longer before she's launched.* My Coot was in the water for a month or so while the interior was being completed.




-- Edited by markpierce on Friday 20th of May 2011 07:20:59 PM

Beautiful!* Seahorse Marine is coming out a winner* You can"t buy this kind of advertising

You guys are having a great time

Congratulations on KEKADA. I have seen a lot of excellent work done by Seahorse Marine. They boosted up DieselDucks to the level of today. Their craftsmanship is outstanding.
Youll have a lot of joy with this boatthats for sure!
Fernando

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Portuguese wrote:Congratulations on KEKADA. I have seen a lot of excellent work done by Seahorse Marine. They boosted up DieselDucks to the level of today. Their craftsmanship is outstanding.
Youll have a lot of joy with this boatthats for sure!
Fernando

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*Ferando

So is you boat complete/done?*

Phil/Dill

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Navigator wrote:Our only real stress has been the value of the US$ which is what the contract was signed in. When we signed our dollar was worth 0.85c and fortunately it*has steadily increased to be worth more than $1 so that has meant we could afford a few more "toys" within the same budget we had originally set. It could equally have gone the other way which is what many of the "experts" were saying at the time.*

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*The list price of the Coot has risen from $199,000 U.S. when I ordered mine (and paid)*to a current price of $250,000.

Portuguese wrote:

Congratulations on KEKADA. I have seen a lot of excellent work done by Seahorse Marine. They boosted up DieselDucks to the level of today. Their craftsmanship is outstanding.
Youll have a lot of joy with this boatthats for sure!
Fernando

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*Thanks Fernando,

Seahorse Marine have been a joy to work with. Only a few weeks to go before completion. Just trying to finalise all those little things at home to allow us to again become full-time cruisers.

Don

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Moonstruck wrote:
Beautiful!* Seahorse Marine is coming out a winner* You can"t buy this kind of advertising

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*Seahorse, itself,*doesn't hardly*advertise.* Its yards (steel and fiberglass)*are busy, overhead is low.

She floats !

Mate,
Very pretty.
Bet you can't wait to get her fired up and on the move.
Keep us posted.

Spectacular!* Seahorse sure does great paint jobs!

Sea Trials moved forward to today due to typhoon headed this way.**Love those twins, so easy to spin her in own length. The Gyro stabilizer didn't get a hard work out but shows a lot of promise.*Noise levels very low. Couldn't hear the engines over the rush of water at 9 knots when standing in the cockpit. Props pitched almost perfectly. We got 99% loading at WOT. Only 10.5 knots max instead of 11 knots on*paper but still happy with that.*Pictures to come when we have more bandwidth. Don

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Yeah ha Don things sure are on the move.
Keep us updated.

Lots*more photos on the website under 'About Kekada / mv Kekada'.* Cheers, Don


-- Edited by Navigator on Thursday 4th of August 2011 08:33:57 AM

A few more !

Seahorse 52 ????? owners

Can any present or past owner of the 52 answer a few questions?
Is the running gear adequately protected on a twin engine boat?
How is the seakeeping in head and following seas?
any other owner comments appreciated .

John W

Seems this thread has "passed away" but I find myself at the Seattle Boat Show where there is a very nice Seahorse 52.
Wonder if everyone is still pleased with their purchase.
This boat is certainly in my possibilities.

Walked that boat as well and it is certainly a beauty, well equipped and seems to be priced reasonably.

ktdtx said:

Seems this thread has "passed away" but I find myself at the Seattle Boat Show where there is a very nice Seahorse 52.
Wonder if everyone is still pleased with their purchase.
This boat is certainly in my possibilities.

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I walked through it too. I did not see any hanging closets and about 5' of its length at the aft end was less than usable. With some negotiating the 53 Selene seems a better buy, how about Sandstone the Nordhavn. It seemed the best of the lot to me in that size range.

I wonder how it ended up working out for them. The website Kekada hasn't been updated since 2011... Hope all is well, and would very much like to hear their opinion of the boat after they've put some oceans beneath her.

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I wonder how it ended up working out for them. The website Kekada hasn't been updated since 2011... Hope all is well, and would very much like to hear their opinion of the boat after they've put some oceans beneath her.

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Hi Dubnuh,

There was a tragic accident onboard. Luckily, no one was hurt.

54' Yacht "KEDAKA" Lost at Sea. - Topic

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Hi Dubnuh,



There was a tragic accident onboard. Luckily, no one was hurt.



54' Yacht "KEDAKA" Lost at Sea. - Topic

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Holy Smoke!! What an ordeal!!


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