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05-27-2018, 12:48 PM
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City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Seakeeper 2 for 27’ to 32’ boats
12 volt DC powered gyro stabilizer for 27’ to 32’ boats:
https://www.seakeeper.com/seakeeper_...s/seakeeper-2/
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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05-27-2018, 12:55 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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05-27-2018, 01:44 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Sales and installation in Vancouver, BC
» The Seakeeper 2 has arrived in BC.
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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05-27-2018, 03:35 PM
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Guru
City: North Carolina for now
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Lot of guys putting them on their upper tier center console fishing boats; wonderful thing to have on the drift. Not sure if I've heard of a 12volt one being used yet.
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"There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way, and what some guy says he's gotten away with"
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05-27-2018, 07:18 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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At $22,700 plus installation I think I'll pass for now. If it were $5,000 I'd be tempted.
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Deer Isle, Maine
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05-27-2018, 07:23 PM
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Guru
City: Sharon, Ma
Vessel Name: Slow Lane
Vessel Model: 2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,167
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I agree with Dwhatty. There are so many other goodies that I would buy for $20k before I bought one of these.
Very cool though! Im sure lots of new smaller boats will offer them as an option in the future
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Jason
2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
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05-27-2018, 07:28 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dwhatty
At $22,700 plus installation I think I'll pass for now. If it were $5,000 I'd be tempted.
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Me-thinks it would be in the ballpark if you were considering paravanes or stabilizing fins.
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05-27-2018, 07:44 PM
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Guru
City: Sharon, Ma
Vessel Name: Slow Lane
Vessel Model: 2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
Join Date: May 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MurrayM
Me-thinks it would be in the ballpark if you were considering paravanes or stabilizing fins.
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Yeah, but who in the 27-32' boat segment is shopping for fins or paravanes??
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Jason
2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
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05-27-2018, 07:52 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by South of Heaven
Yeah, but who in the 27-32' boat segment is shopping for fins or paravanes??
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Lots of commercial fishing boats in the 30’ range on the BC coast with paravanes.
This is daydreaming / lotto winning stuff for me, but find it interesting.
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05-27-2018, 07:54 PM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,720
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Just roll your hips and find a course that’s fine.
Fly stuff
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North Western Washington State USA
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05-27-2018, 08:27 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
Just roll your hips and find a course that’s fine.
Fly stuff
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Don’t know about you, but my butt doesn’t weigh enough to effective in counteracting roll 
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05-27-2018, 09:56 PM
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City: St Augustine,Fl
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,744
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I think these small seakeeper units are gaining popularity in the south Florida center console market.
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05-27-2018, 10:07 PM
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Senior Member
City: Key West, FL
Vessel Name: Semper Fi
Vessel Model: 2005 Great Harbour N37
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 113
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Already on the options list for the the SeaPiper 35.
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05-28-2018, 10:38 AM
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Guru
City: Victoria TX
Vessel Name: Bijou
Vessel Model: 2008 Island Packet PY/SP
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 5,290
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I was recently able to experience the 12V Seakeeper on a center console boat with Healhustler (Larry). The Seakeeper rep was demonstrating it in the harbor and let four of us board the boat. We all got the boat rocking pretty good using our weight, and when he flipped the switch to activate it was pretty amazing how quickly it stopped the roll.
The only drawback (other than the steep price) is the high pitch whine, but I would probably get used to that after a few hours.
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05-28-2018, 10:49 AM
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Guru
City: San Diego
Vessel Model: Helmsman 4304
Join Date: May 2016
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I have only used the SK5 a few times on our new boat and the noise level is very low, especially with the hatch closed. IE, you can't hear it with the engine and gen running. It takes about 2 hours to spool down. With the engine and gen off at the dock, it is very low, and decreases as at it goes from 10,600 to 0.
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05-28-2018, 10:58 AM
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Guru
City: Victoria TX
Vessel Name: Bijou
Vessel Model: 2008 Island Packet PY/SP
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 5,290
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Probably the only reason I could hear the whine so much is we were just idling in the harbor, and the engines were quiet four stroke outboards.
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