I'd be buying solar panels and associated controller/regulators. But perhaps in Seattle solar panels are more wishful thinking than practical.. Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 Landfall 35 Padanaram, MA
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 19, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Andrew Means via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hey all - > > I have recently found myself with $750 worth of gift cards to spend at > Fisheries Supply. I’m debating about what to buy and thought you guys might > be able to help me. > > Big-ticket items I’d like for my 1977 C&C 34: > > Some kind of autopilot system - It looks like from the website Fisheries > autopilot systems are not really aimed at sailboats, but I wonder if they’d > be able to order something. Defender’s got the Raymarine Evolution EV-100 > Wheel Autopilot Pack at $1249, which is obviously a chunk more than I’ve got > but it could be an option. I am thinking however that I’d probably prefer to > buy a simpler autopilot (something that basically just holds a course) second > hand from somebody who is looking to upgrade and save a lot of money that > way. Anybody have experience with the Raymarine unit or used units I should > be on the lookout for? > > Self-Tailing Winches for the cabin top - right now we’ve got two mismatched > non-self-tailing winches on our cabin top and it’d be pretty nice to have the > matched and self tailing winches there. Two of these would run past my budget > but it would be worth it. They’re single speed though, so operations like > reefing might be challenging. I could just get one dual-speed self-tailing > winch this season and look to upgrade the second next season... Again, I’m > not opposed to looking out for used self-tailing winches at the next swap > meet. > > Other things the boat could use: > > + New Spinnaker Halyard (definitely needed for next season) > + New topping lift, foreguy lines (currently old but not bad) > + More automatic PFDs (we’ve got plenty of life vests but if we have auto > PFDs we’ll have better luck getting people to wear them) > > What do you guys think? If you had $750 to spend on boat gear what would you > spend it on? > > Andrew > > > -- > Andrew Means > S.V. Safari - 1977 C&C 34 Mk I > Seattle, WA > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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