WYB2, that’s fascinating. And I’m not surprised to be honest. I don't want to ever have to worry about some lawyer finding out that my tow rig was undersized. Exactly my thought. The Ridgeline never struggled, but looking back - If I’d been in a wreck, yikes. And for that reason I won’t be going too...

Jeff,

Good call. Currently carry 2 Fortress anchors so I’m not that worried about them. But the two batteries add a fair amount.

Sounds like you’ve got a nice setup!

I keep thinking I’m overestimating but a scale will truly tell.

I have a new tow beast, and I’ve been playing with trailer weight numbers. It’s been a long while since I’ve done it and it’s pretty eye opening. Anyone with more experience calculating this I’d love you to check my numbers, or let me know if I’m forgetting something. I’ve been driving a 2006 Honda ...

Sorry I sort of fell off the updates. We had a couple minor misfortunes. I took my phone swimming, 😆 and ended up shutting it off and letting it live in a bag of rice. It seems to be fine. Where did I leave off? Navarre I think. We had a nice dinner at Juanna’s Pagoda and took a bit of a walk. The n...

Yeah, she did amazing with the shirts. Everyone loves them. https://i.postimg.cc/67vMQVnX/IMG-6666.jpg I didn’t take many pictures yesterday but it was a good day. The wind came up early so we left Pensacola Beach around 9am and sailed east towards Navarre. After motoring out of the harbor and passi...

This morning started off with just me in the cockpit making my coffee and watching the sunrise while the rest of crew slept. It was peaceful and quite pretty. After the crew stirred we replaced the keel rope, and rigged a solar panel up. Technically it’s a camping one but I think it will work for ou...

I got up this morning and had coffee while the crew slept. Then decided it was time for a new line for the swing keel. Here’s the old one: https://i.postimg.cc/7fkxtYQK/IMG-6644.jpg Dropped the keel, donned a mask and swapped it out. Pretty easy since the water is so clear. https://i.postimg.cc/1f2b...

Launch day was hot, but fairly uneventful. Other than the fact it took us two hours at the ramp. Which is insane. But to be fair, we had a lot of work to do, we helped a man who’s truck needed a jump start, and I was teaching my 16 year old how to rig the boat. https://i.postimg.cc/ykNK1yNS/IMG-6625...

I'm very interested in hearing how your trip goes. Around Range Point (around the middle of this year's B.E.E.R. Cruise) is as far west as I've been so far. Back in 2016 I was hoping to make it to the Alabama line but the wind died and was not expected to return for a couple of days. My goal is to ...

We’ll be sure to steer clear.

My crew of 5 is participating in this year’s BEER Cruise in and around Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Sound in Florida. We’ll be aboard my 2001 26X, Wind Song. I’ll use this thread to document the adventure. Here is our planned trip: https://i.postimg.cc/8J3M0MD3/IMG-6599.png Plan is to rig and launch...

The bwyachts cabin lights do not require knowing polarity of DC source like typical LEDs. Buy theirs. Easy drop in replavement. Im very happy. https://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/8407-1v0.htm For the rubrail i used the following sealant and have had no water intrusion since. I believe it was on the...

It’s a Monday morning at about 6:00 am. I’ve been working on the boat about an hour packing and organizing for BEER 2023. At some point I’ll start a log in the trip section for the event. Plan is to launch on Thursday. We’ve packed everything except perishable food and clothing. Most likely everythi...

That could have had a scary ending.

On tap this summer is running through MOB drills with my crew. I wanna know they can come get me if I go over!

The transducer “box” is basically just a pipe the actual unit screws onto. It doesn’t have a bottom. So you seal around the edges and fill with liquid. I like it personally. My biggest concern with switching to dyneema would be rope burn to the crew and possible chaffing through the stanchions. I th...