Funny you mention that, Lee. I know three other people who installed it and
they all love it and haven't had any issues whatsoever. What is your issue with
it? What isn't working?
As far as the genset goes, I seriously don't see running it other than to power
the air conditioning/heating unit. I assume that like any other diesel it
want's to run under load. Unfortunately, around this area there are enough
light wind or no wind days that the engine will be running enough for battery
charging and with a 400 aHr house bank I'm not concerned with running the
refrigeration either. The reality is that every time we head out - even for a
day sail - there's usually an hour or two of motoring just leaving from and
returning to the mooring field. I hate to say (or admit to) it but an average
summer will see about 75 hours on the engine. A lot more than that if we take a
cruise since, while I usually have fantastic winds while I'm bringing the boat
out to the eastern end of Long Island or Newport where my wife meets me the
minute she steps on board the wind dies and, if we're out East, the fog come
rolling in <g>!
Anyway, Lee, I'd love to hear your issues with the Excell.
Steve Weinstein
S/V CAPTIVA
1997 Hunter 376, #276
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Haefele
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Hydro-Therapy is no more - but CAPTIVA is
aliveandwell
I have not been able to keep my Excell water heater working. It may need
more water pressure and flow than I (or you) have.
Your genset will run better with the electric water heater loading it.
Lee Haefele
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Weinstein
To: [email protected] ; Hunter Owners Discussion List
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:44 PM
Subject: [Liveaboard] Hydro-Therapy is no more - but CAPTIVA is alive
andwell
I've been in touch off-list with a few of you but I thought I'd go public
with what's been up with me the past year and a half.
To make a long story short, last June (07) we were out motoring around
Oyster Bay and hit a submerged uncharted rock in 7' of water (H-T drew 6' but
that rock stuck up about 3 feet from the bottom judging from the ding in the
keel). The hull was cracked behind the keel where it was pushed up into the
hull but not far enough to breach it so there was no water coming in at all.
There was a lot "in between" but the end of the story is that based on the
repair estimate, my insurance company, BOAT/US elected to "total" the boat so I
got the full agreed value on the boat. Coincidentally I had been thinking of
selling H-T for about a year since, after 18 great years I was ready for
something larger, wider, and more headroom. This accident just accelerated my
timetable.
I started looking for a new boat that July and was perusing Yachtworld on
almost a weekly basis in addition to any other brokerage websites I could find.
Between Last July and this past June I was all over the Northeast and
mid-Atlantic states looking at boats. Since I had a "trade up" in mind before
the accident, I restricted my search to boats between 38 and 42 feet, no older
than early '90's vintage. Ultimately I ended up focusing on a '97 Hunter 376 in
Marblehead. I went up to look at her in July and, since she was still on the
market went for a 2nd look in early August - this time taking my wife, Carolee,
with me to get her impression. She loved it.
About two weeks ago after a lot of back and forth with offers,
counter-offers, counter-counter-offers, we finally met at a price which worked
for the seller and me and I went up for a survey and 'test' sail and she passed
with flying colors. We closed yesterday, the 22nd, so I'M NO LONGER BOATLESS
(pardon the shouting!) Oh Happy Me !!!!
I'm planning on heading up to Boston over Columbus Day weekend to bring her
back to Oyster Bay so I'll have another good month of sailing prior to winter
haul-out.
Now about the boat. As I mentioned, she's a 1997 Hunter 376 and I'm buying
from the original owner - a great guy, as it turns out. A tough negotiator but
a good guy, nevertheless. And she's loaded! All Raymarine instrumentation
including a below-deck autopilot. The nav stuff was state of the art in '97
(Raychart 620 10" display). It's a little long in the tooth 10 years later but
still works fine (I guess I could say the same about myself!!!). In '97
chartplotters were mainly grayscale and state of the art was differential GPS.
WAAS wasn't on the market yet. For creature comforts she rolled (floated?) out
of the factory with the normal goodies (Alder-Barbour refrigeration and
freezer, microwave, etc in the galley) plus factory installed 16,000 btu
reverse cycle heat and air-conditioning and a Phasor 6KW diesel genset!
Those of you who know me well will start talking about how long it will
take me to get my tools and start 'customizing' her but the reality is that
there's really nothing she needs immediately. Down the road I'll probably
think in terms of a new color chartplotter but everything works perfectly so
there's no rush on that. About the only thing I might do right now is remove
the existing hot water heater and replace it with the Excel instant-on tankless
system. That will gain me a huge storage locker under one of the salon settee's
for dry goods, canned goods, etc...
If anyone wants to see pictures, I've put them up on Snapfish. Write me
off-list and I'll send you the link to sign on. If you're familiar with
Snapfish I have to put your email address onto the site and then "invite" you
to look at the pics.
So anyway, I'M BAAAAAAAAK !!!
And note the new signature block below!
Steve Weinstein
S/V CAPTIVA
1997 Hunter 376 Hull #276
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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