Dictated by by Brian and Don and transcribed directly by Jen
To Dana and all the boys (Don didn't get breakfast because of this...)*
She's got two 12V71T Detroit Diesels
She is a 70' Hatteras Yachtfish
She began as a 61'er with a factory 10' extension
Running gear is still in the original position therefore about 14' forward of the transom
Max Speed 11 kts (13.5 MPH) - this trip.
Fuel burn: ~20 gallons per hour at cruise speed
Max fuel holding 600 gallons forward, 525 gallons mid, 275 (x2) gallon aft tanks
Fresh water tank 300 gallon
Waste capacity: FULL! :)
She squats at cruise speed and pulls down in shallow water. When turning she pivots about 1/3 of the way up with no discernible difference when cruising. She's got a real hard push in a following sea. (Translated, she gets pushed in the butt in rough seas.) Handles head seas real well. As you would suspect for a 70'er, she's a heavy boat - approximately 100,000 pounds. To the amazement of captain and owner, the oil color was crystal clear after 4 days of running. Does not dock well in 37 MPH winds and 6 knot current. :)
Extremely comfortable boat. Well fed crew is happy for 4 hours at a time, Mongo every 3.5 hours.
*Don did get breakfast. I'm having fun but I *do* want to get home!
Vice clamps holding the water temp wire to the sensor. The nut had been stripped on the wire temperature sensor stud on the starboard engine.
Vice clamps reducing water flow to the toilet. It was dumping way too much water and our holding tank maxed out. Smellovision not available for full effect but it was nasty.
For a couple days, we had been fighting a failing battery. This battery powers all the 12V equipment on the boat and is the starting battery for the generator. It finally went dead and we installed a new battery. The battery charger is now keeping the new battery charged.
Brucie's fix on the oven door - two hose clamps on the stub of the bracket. They tell me it will work just like the knob on the top of the cover of a pan. Cookie burned a finger opening the door to get the pizzas out last night. :(
Okay, it doesn't really have anything to do with the boat but I'm still pretty pleased. I needed to contrive a mechanism to be a wrist strap for my phone/camera. It's two loops of jewelry wire, jewelry crimps and the elastic is from the broccoli bunch we ate earlier in the week.
Jennifer: Nice commentary. As long as you are on / around the water, you may wish to consider adding a piece of foam to your phone bracelet. I took a waterproof small camera with me last summer, and my son, James, came up with the comment that when something falls into the water it will sink without something attached to help it float :-). Hello to the NH crew!! - the other Bruce
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