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*We had a bigger propane box made more
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*We had a bigger propane box made more
*Bought and installed SSB radio and required licensing, allowing regular testing via local nets
*Bought & installed water maker, which also required adding a through hull [links]
Echo’s course can be set on the chart plotter with autopilot and radar, keeping us aware of our surroundings at all times. Other instruments on board keep an eye on our depth, wind speed, and direction, insuring Echo can sail to any destination with confidence.
Performance
The Newport 41 is at her best upwind in a breeze. She tacks in 80 degrees and stands up well under full sail, chomping along on her sailing lines at about 25 degrees of heel. A cruising sailor who doesn’t race his 41 says, “When other boats have to power to weather, I can sail and enjoy it.” [links]
The decks are balsa-cored, but plywood is used extensively at the edges of the deck and in spots where hardware is attached. Sometimes not enough attention was paid to sealing the core. Several owners report having had to redo their decks, either in spots or entirely. Others report leaks around the chainplates. The hull/deck joint, however, appears to be have been done well. The deck is dropped onto an inward-turning flange in the hull. That joint is bedded with sealant and mechanically fastened with bolts on 4″ centers. That seam is then sealed with the signature C & C aluminum toerail. [links]
Those who have fitted feathering or folding pros enjoy less drag and better control in reverse.
Some owners rate their interiors “Chevrolet” for interior aesthetics. Others like what they have better than modern boats from the lower half of the price range. Several report that varnishing the teak below has brightened things up a lot. While the matched-grain precision of some of the high-priced boats isn’t evident, Capital is reported to have done an honest job of fit and finish that makes the boats quite pleasant places in which to live. more
But Enterprise didn’t sell enough of them to make a go of it, and the molds for the 41 passed to Capital Yachts, Inc., an operation in Harbor City, CA, started by Bay area builder/sailor Jon Williams in late 1972. Capital added several inches of freeboard to the hull and put a greater accent on wood below, but the Newport 41 (as they introduced her) was still very much a boat that you could race, particularly offshore. With Capital’s additions, and time, by 1983 a nicely equipped boat cost $85,000.
I am still in the process of finishing my SSB installation. Just lost motivation recently but it seems to be coming back.
As part of the on-going project, I will be installing a 35' Alternate Backstay Antenna. It will be connected to an MFJ-939 automatic antenna tuner. The MFJ is not marine grade by any stretch of the imagination. So one must improvise, adapt, and overcome. more
With the demise of the Kenwood TS-50, I purchased an Icom IC-707. It is an older radio but like the TS-50, it has very little in the way of bells and whistles. Simplistic sums up this radio. It has been opened to allow all band Tx. Not that I will ever use it, but.
Islander is a boat builder in the marine industry that offers boats for sale in a range of sizes on Boat Trader, with the smallest current boat listed at 21 feet in length, to the longest vessel measuring in at 44 feet, and an average length of 35.98 feet. Boat Trader currently has 12 Islander boats for sale, including 0 new vessels and 12 used boats listed by both individual owners and professional dealers mainly in United States. The oldest model listed is a classic boat built in 1967 and the newest model year was built in 2013.
Of the boats listed, Islander offers familiar boat hull types and designs including other. These vessels are frequently favored for popular boating boating pursuits including overnight cruising, sailing and watersports. The boats available here currently from this builder come with inboard and outboard-2S propulsion systems, available in diesel and gas fuel systems. more
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