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Electric winches port and starboard like this make line handling easy even when it's blowing or there's current. These aren't self tailing, but since they're operated by foot pedal they're easy to use. Make sure the drum is big enough to accept 3+ wraps of your normal dock lines. Congrats on the...

Ensenada to Cabo is easier than the WA/OR coast I think. You won't find any marinas, but there are three good anchorages (Turtle Bay, Santa Maria, Mag Bay), plus Cedros Island, and lots of roadsteads. As someone else mentioned, Mag Bay to Cabo is the longest non-stop at ~175nm. My biggest...

Maybe look for someone who wants to get some experience doing overnight running and approach the first part of the trip like a delivery. With just two people on the boat running 24/7, you won't see much of the other person (except when handing off watch) and you might be able to knock out the...

Hey Mike, Starr's flopper stoppers came off a Nordhavn 76, but I don't know who manufactured them originally. You might check with PAE and see if they'll tell you where they get them. By the way, we replaced the Naiad fins with Humphree 24v electric fins when we were in Seattle in the fall and...

The control panel allows for adjusting sensitivity of pitch control, but I don’t think it works with just fins. Maybe if you had a larger install with 4 fins, but my sense is the pitch control is geared towards fast boats that are using the fins and interceptors together and the interceptors are...

You’re right. Each servo can draw ~100 amps at 24v. The load really jumps around and I think it’s tough on alternator belts. Overall the load doesn’t seem that bad (I’d like to quantify it over hours at anchor on of these days), but there are very big peak loads. Power draw is dramatically...

A few months ago I replaced a Naiad 302 system with Humphree 14 square foot fins on Starr, a Northern Marine 77. Then I took it from Seattle to Hawaii in November to give it a good test. The Humphrees proved reliable for that trip and worked better than the Naiads ever did. I was worried about...

I’m confused. So the boat had ample fuel onboard. Why did they get towed in?

So they ran out of fuel? Ouch.

I vaguely recall a Cape Horn 55 getting towed into Hawaii by the coast guard last year because of fuel problems. What happened?

You’ll get better answers on the NOG. I’d start by making sure you can get insurance, or be comfortable going with liability-only. I think you’d be hard pressed to do it for under 100k per year. Insurance will probably be 30k plus. If you’re traveling 10,000nm a year figure another 40k plus...

I believe there was another Nordhavn 62 named Walkabout that did the trip independently of the GSSR. Prevailing wind and current are unfavorable for westbound boats along that route. Even motoring, going against the weather isn’t fun. After doing the trip the other direction over the last...

Peter, good point about inverters drowning. We cooked a set of Multipluses sometime in the last couple of days to Hawaii. Luckily we have a redundant set in a different location and can also bypass inverters and run directly off gensets. Thinking about it more, how is he even keeping track of...

I did Seattle to Honolulu a couple weeks ago on a powerboat—Starr, a very well travelled 77’ Northern Marine that is designed, built, and maintained for this type of travel. Even so, we had a few challenges along the way. One was a net wrapped in the propeller and rudders. We were able to deal...

Weebles, I think you’re spot-on that for coastal cruising, a bluewater boat isn’t needed. I’d go a step further and say that my Nordhavn 50 isn’t even going to make much difference in what weather windows I select compared to Kevin on his 4788. There aren’t many conditions that are comfortable...

Beaufort 7. Once in the Bering Sea for maybe six hours with the wind and seas behind us. The ride wasn’t bad. Beaufort 7 again for 2.5 days into Hawaii a couple weeks ago, this time right on the beam. We took some big hits; several waves broke into the cockpit and onto the port side salon...

Just to drive home the hazard of nets, we picked up another one today. We’re 1000nm from anywhere. This net didn’t stop us dead, but it slowed us down, increased fuel burn, and put added strain on the running and steering gear. We stopped for 15 minutes, dove, and cleared the net. The hookah...

The boat had little toe steps for climbing the side, which work okay as long as you are reasonably agile and don’t have an arm full of groceries. The genset was accessed through a panel in the master. The problem was you couldn’t sit anywhere and reach the impeller. I had to lay on my chest...

We’re currently about 700nm off the California coast and 1400nm from Hawaii and Starlink is working brilliantly. We have a HP dishy and downtime for the last 12 hours is just 10 seconds. This is dramatically better performance than we had in February on the way from Hawaii to Guam. Then it was...

Safe travels, hope its an uneventful trip across! We really enjoyed our two stays at El Cid and exploring colonial Mazatlan and its markets. Will you stop at Isla Isabel on your way south? We had a rolly few nights there, even with the flopper stopper, but the wildlife and hiking were well worth...

I’ve spent some time on an older Elling 48. It’s a nice boat and very different from what we’re used to in the PNW. The outdoor living space in the cockpit, sheltered from wind at anchor, is really nice. The biggest shortcomings I noticed were difficult ingress/egress from floating docks and...

The boat I’m on right now is the easiest boat to add fuel that I’ve run. Several things factor into this, some of which might be applicable to your situation. 1. Camlock inlet to fuel manifold…no burps, no leaks, but you better be sure your venting is up to the task. 2. Sight guages in view...

This is a great thread. I’d add that long-distance adventure cruising isn’t particularly relaxing. I find it mostly fun, challenging, intellectually stimulating, and very rewarding, but it’s rarely relaxing or “vacation-like”. There are always things on the boat to fix or improve, weather...

Is it really overheating, or just the gauge indicating high temp? Is raw water flow normal? Any chance a hose is failing/delaminated and limiting raw water flow? This is a pretty thorough look at overheating troubleshooting on NL gensets...

Do you have any Rule electric winches? Maybe in a davit? It might be the box that houses the directional solenoid.