Recent content by CaptainSEA

South East Asia, with night runs, some of the charts not reliable and mostly fishing boat fleets with generally no ‘appropriate’ navigation lights..... So having two radars on board is just mandatory

The Radar is the most important navigation equipment, it tells the truth of what’s around your boat. AIS is a great tool but as mentioned depending where you are cruising, not all boats are equipped, GPS/ Chart plotter is again a good help but I do not count the times my boat was cruising ‘on...

I am based in Phuket, been in Thailand for the ladt 24 years...

I have both bow and stern thrusters with twins on my Selene and I enjoy them very much...Any help, any tool is welcome when facing strong winds and currents as it just happened yesterday while docking with sudden wind gusts just on a critical moment...

We are not liveaboard but when cruising our indoor cat stays inside, she is not much interested with the decks or flybridge and she really enjoys roaming inside all areas of the boat ( not the engine room indeed!!!) her favorite place is the wheelhouse as per the attached photo...

Hi, it is linked to the dreaming but trust me when I faced 12 ft + waves during my last Xmas cruise I was very happy to have my family onboard our Selene...

Nordhavn prices are justified by different factors, indeed quality but also a very strong marketing which is both efficient and costly...

Nice looking boat, surprinsingly low engine hours for a 2009 yacht, at this price level I would also consider a Selene, not a big fan of canoe stern...

I have the Furuno wireless as a back up to the wired main Furuno, the display and functionalities on the wireless are average but good enough for back up

I would simply send the survey report free of charge to the seller so that he will have the moral / legal obligation to disclose the issues to the next buyer.

We do the same here, all seacock are operated before and after every run, main engines, generators, water intakes for air cond, water maker,.....

I’ve got both hydraulic bow and stern thruster on a twin engines. I enjoy to have both, not mandatory but extremely comfortable when wind and current are combined. Having a twin I make more use of my bow thruster to get to my berth. It is worth mentioning that the efficiency of the thrusters is...

Very nice boat, congrats

I am using ABT with STAR (Stab At Rest) on my Selene, they work extremely well, most part of new 100+ ft yachts are now using both Gyros and active fins (ABT sounds to be the most popular as far as I can see in my marina), quite often two to four gyros and fins, I guess there are pros and cons...

Hi Captain, welcome to this forum. I am a big fan of the TV show ‘the deadliest catch’, I understand it is a reality show but is it close to your experience as fishing along these guys or just a show?