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Exuma Chain

We arrived at Big Major Spot in The Ezuma’s and anchored off the beach that is home to dozens of pigs. They swim out hopeful for a snack and aren’t particular on what they eat.

The Staniel Cay Yacht Club is a local watering hole, their conch …

Exuma Chain

We arrived at Big Major Spot in The Ezuma’s and anchored off the beach that is home to dozens of pigs. They swim out hopeful for a snack and aren’t particular on what they eat.The Staniel Cay Yacht Club is a local watering hole, their conch fritters an…

Spanish Wells Bahamas

 October 14th  we untied and pulled out of The Jarrett Bay Boat Yard after several weeks delay, all onboard Anna Mae breathed a heavy sigh of relief. At last on our way south to Charleston South Carolina.

The trip down was bumpy due to a stabilizer issue…


Bill reconnected the tie rod end to the cylinder and used some lock tight to ensure it would not loosen again. He changed out the valving on the starboard side fin but the symptoms did not change which ruled out this was the source of the problem.  


We managed to get a couple of Trac Stabilizer Specialists onboard. The specialists looked into the main computer. After taking off the cover plate the symptoms came and went with torque being applied to the housing. They determined there was an abnormality in the brain of the main computer and took the coding from our main computer, recoded a new computer to match and sent it to us. Bill installed the new computer and control pad. Anna Mae has been motoring smoothly ever since. 


The Charleston City Marina was our home for a couple of weeks. We managed to visit and catch up with fellow Nordhavn owners, tour plantations, eat wonderful food, shopped the various boutiques and markets, enjoying every minute.




Bridget admiring her fish





Happy to report our travels further south where uneventful, except for the marlin we brought aboard. Currently we are anchored at Meeks point, a mile off Spanish Wells Harbor. The water is very shallow, allowing us to enter only at high tide. Happy to report clearing Customs was uneventful. The water is beautiful, the fish are plentiful and life is good aboard Anna Mae.

Spanish Wells Bahamas

 October 14th  we untied and pulled out of The Jarrett Bay Boat Yard after several weeks delay, all onboard Anna Mae breathed a heavy sigh of relief. At last on our way south to Charleston South Carolina.

The trip down was bumpy due to a stabilizer issue…


Bill reconnected the tie rod end to the cylinder and used some lock tight to ensure it would not loosen again. He changed out the valving on the starboard side fin but the symptoms did not change which ruled out this was the source of the problem.  


We managed to get a couple of Trac Stabilizer Specialists onboard. The specialists looked into the main computer. After taking off the cover plate the symptoms came and went with torque being applied to the housing. They determined there was an abnormality in the brain of the main computer and took the coding from our main computer, recoded a new computer to match and sent it to us. Bill installed the new computer and control pad. Anna Mae has been motoring smoothly ever since. Within the next year we plan to replace the hydraulic cylinders on the fins and re-bush the hydraulic cylinder pivot points. 


The Charleston City Marina was our home for a couple of weeks. We managed to visit and catch up with fellow Nordhavn owners, tour plantations, eat wonderful food, shopped the various boutiques and markets, enjoying every minute.


Bridget admiring her fish



Happy to report our travels further south where uneventful, except for the marlin we brought aboard. Currently we are anchored at Meeks point, a mile off Spanish Wells Harbor. The water is very shallow, allowing us to enter only at high tide. Happy to report clearing Customs was uneventful. The water is beautiful, the fish are plentiful and life is good aboard Anna Mae.

AUTUMN CRUISING AROUND CORFU

Envoy is currently in Lefkas marina for the Med winter and this week we fly home to New Zealand – but the blog will continue as it’s a few weeks behind current time …
Having spent nine days in Gouvia Marina we now qualified for the monthly rate of 598 Euros (NZ$934) equating to a very reasonable 20 Euros (NZ$31) per night. This is great as we’ll need to return when our washing machine pump (hopefully) has been serviced, and the marina will be at no extra charge.

Corfu’s Gouvia marina is well sheltered, although northerly storms can cause damage

Meanwhile we’ve been long enough in the marina so spend a few more days at nearby Ormos Kalami. This is a stunning bay, open only to the east through south, surrounded by olive tree covered hills and with several atmospheric tavernas on the beach. The only problem is some very large wakes from cruise liners passing through the narrow Corfu Channel, but our flopper-stoppers reduce their effect.

Exiting Gouvia we spot this wonderful traditional vessel

Map showing Corfu Channel, Corfu’s great bays on left, Albania 1 mile on right

Ormos Kalami viewed from the hills above. Albania behind

Envoy in Ormos Kalami with the Durell’s White House in the background

The holiday season is now over so there are few boats around and the anchorages have plenty of room. But the area is popular with British land-based tourists who prefer to holiday in the cooler months, and many come back here year after year.
Nearby Ormos Agni and Ormos Stafanos are also great sheltered bays and all of these bays have tracks joining them, so we enjoy some great walks taking in the coast on one side and olive groves on the other. 

Ormos Stefanos is a great sheltered bay as the wind is mostly from the north

Gnarly old olive tree in a grove – the net below the tree will be spread out to harvest the olives

Many older houses here have really interesting colours as one coat of paint peels to reveal another

Nearby Kouloura’s boat harbour is too small for Envoy

Just south of Ormos Kalami is the huge Rothschild family’s Corfu estate beautifully situated on a headland

We love the typical quaint local fishing boats like this one – their design not much changed in hundreds of years

After a week of idyllic weather the forecast shows southerly winds gusting to 50 knots with heavy rain so we head back to the security (of the now free) Gouvia marina, before heading out again. We don’t get anything like 50 knots but do have three days of heavy rain, thunderstorms and 20-30 knot winds and were glad to be safely in the marina.

TECHNICAL
We use some of our time at anchor to re-varnish the teak foredeck cap rails. We’re not too pedantic about this and don’t strip the teak back to bare wood, but give it a light wet sand and apply seven coats of Epiphanes varnish, which doesn’t need sanding between coats. This lasts one to two seasons, and if it eventually gets too bad we’ll strip the varnish off and let it go back to natural teak which still looks great and is a lot less hassle.
Back in the marina we get a sail maker to patch up some worn or damaged covers; every year some of our many covers need some maintenance.
Still no sign of our washing machine parts – Diane is not happy, and it’s expensive using laundries ashore – 12 Euros (NZ$19.30) per washing machine load.
In Gouvia our electrician, Leon is able to replace our failed hand-held infra red thermometer. This is useful to record the normal operating temperatures of engine room equipment such as oil filters, alternators, vee-belts, hydraulic and electric pumps, gearbox, propeller shaft housing etc so that I know what is the normal operating temperature range. Then during engine room checks I’m able to determine if anything appears to be running too hot – often an early warning sign of future problems.
Our Maxwell windlass works extremely well except that the anchor never has free-fallen correctly. It’s useful to be able to free-fall the anchor to get it on the bottom quickly, especially in deep water. This also saves wear on the windlass motor. It’s over a year since I’d last dismantled and greased the above deck components of the windlass, so I do this being far more liberal with grease on the clutch cones and faces than previously. In addition I remove the pulpit anchor roller from its stainless steel shaft and grease that too. Now the anchor free-falls very easily, while after tightening the clutch it raises without any problems too. So the trick is – more grease required.

ENVOY LOG – As at 3/10/14, we’d spent 178 days aboard and cruised 1,746 miles for 311 engine hours.

Settled in


Well, I guess it’s
fair to say that we are now settled in for the winter.
  The Emily
Grace
was hauled, polished, bottom-painted and shrink-wrapped.  A few more boxes of stuff were taken off and
the interior cleanup is underway to prepare her for sale.
  With all the systems winterized, working on a
cold boat without running water will not be easy or pleasurable so that may be
limited over the winter months.
  I’ve
been spending some time listing the on-board equipment and looking at dates for
critical maintenance items that a future owner would be asking.

          

Up in Ludlow,
Mass, we have had contractors in to update thermostats, blow insulation into
the house walls and have increased the size of the propane tanks in the old
cottage.  We plan to use propane as our
primary heat source since the propane company considered us new customers and
we will get half-price propane for 12 months! 
Electric baseboard heat (provided free by good friend, George Delicato)
will serve as backup and supplementary heat during any really cold snaps.  Heat tape has been installed on all exterior
water pipes and only time will tell if the water will continue to run
throughout the winter.


             
We got a second
car (used 2013 Toyota Rav4) so the girls will not be inconvenienced when I
leave town to work on the boat. We also added two rescue pets to our household
from a local animal shelter.  Tusker
(named after an African beer) is a 12-week old beagle mix puppy and was the
runt of a litter rescued from a drainage pipe in Virginia.  Bo (named after “Bohemia Especial” a
Dominican Republic beer) is a 12-week old black and white short haired
kitten.  They both get along well and are
a good fit for our worldly family.


                                    

Emily has
transitioned well from homeschooling into public schools and after some early
learning pains, managed to finish her first term (quarter) with an A in all seven
of her classes.  In addition to the studies, she enjoyed dolling up for Crazy Hair day. She has joined a couple
of clubs and recently joined a youth group associated with our church.  She is slowly making school friends and has
plans for a mall/movie day with 3 girlfriends for her upcoming 14th
birthday.


           Kim has also
joined a ladies group at the church and has attended several functions.  Tom has been busy fixing up the boat and
cottage and is working with an architect on a design for a new house.  We are excited to learn that yet another new housing
development has just been approved along the northern border of our
property near where we plan to build.  Our 40 acre homestead will soon be surrounded on 3 sides by McMansions.  We
are in discussions with the developer and should be able to gain a much shorter, level driveway to our new house.  Time will
tell.

                  

We attended the
Big E which is a massive New England fair complete with horse shows, rides,
greasy food and face painting. Emily also enjoyed having her first normal
house-to-house trick or treating in 7 years.  Kim sewed her the leopard dress that looks good enough to wear out on the town.  Emily carved her first pumpkin ever
since she was not wielding a knife when we left in 2008.
  She did pretty good since the knife she is
most familiar with is a bush machete!

               


                               

Tom

Settled in


Well, I guess it’s fair to say that we are now settled in for the winter.  The Emily Grace was hauled, polished, bottom-painted and shrink-wrapped.  A few more boxes of stuff were taken off and the interior cleanup is underway to prepare her for sale.  With all the systems winterized, working on a cold boat without running water will not be easy or pleasurable so that may be limited over the winter months.  I’ve been spending some time listing the on-board equipment and looking at dates for critical maintenance items that a future owner would be asking.

          

Up in Ludlow, Mass, we have had contractors in to update thermostats, blow insulation into the house walls and have increased the size of the propane tanks in the old cottage.  We plan to use propane as our primary heat source since the propane company considered us new customers and we will get half-price propane for 12 months!  Electric baseboard heat (provided free by good friend, George Delicato) will serve as backup and supplementary heat during any really cold snaps.  Heat tape has been installed on all exterior water pipes and only time will tell if the water will continue to run throughout the winter.


             
We got a second car (used 2013 Toyota Rav4) so the girls will not be inconvenienced when I leave town to work on the boat. We also added two rescue pets to our household from a local animal shelter.  Tusker (named after an African beer) is a 12-week old beagle mix puppy and was the runt of a litter rescued from a drainage pipe in Virginia.  Bo (named after “Bohemia Especial” a Dominican Republic beer) is a 12-week old black and white short haired kitten.  They both get along well and are a good fit for our worldly family.


                                    

Emily has transitioned well from homeschooling into public schools and after some early learning pains, managed to finish her first term (quarter) with an A in all seven of her classes.  In addition to the studies, she enjoyed dolling up for Crazy Hair day. She has joined a couple of clubs and recently joined a youth group associated with our church.  She is slowly making school friends and has plans for a mall/movie day with 3 girlfriends for her upcoming 14thbirthday.


           

Kim has also joined a ladies group at the church and has attended several functions.  Tom has been busy fixing up the boat and cottage and is working with an architect on a design for a new house.  We are excited to learn that yet another new housing development has just been approved along the northern border of our property near where we plan to build.  Our 40 acre homestead will soon be surrounded on 3 sides by McMansions.  We are in discussions with the developer and should be able to gain a much shorter, level driveway to our new house.  Time will tell.

                  

We attended the Big E which is a massive New England fair complete with horse shows, rides, greasy food and face painting. Emily also enjoyed having her first normal house-to-house trick or treating in 7 years.  Kim sewed her the leopard dress that looks good enough to wear out on the town.  Emily carved her first pumpkin ever since she was not wielding a knife when we left in 2008.  She did pretty good since the knife she is most familiar with is a bush machete!

               


                               

Tom

Heavy Water

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Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

Monday, October 26, 2014 – She is for sale

We finally got all our stuff out of cupboards and hiding places and off the boat.  What a job!  Anyway, Serenity is now ready for some lucky person.  We have so loved her!  We are going to try to market her ourselves since we are not really in a hurry.  We are posting the full specs on NordhavnFSBO.com and lots of photos here.  If anyone knows someone who might be interested, have them call Earl (360-333-1546).

SALON

Storage under settee

















GALLEY
 


Combo Frig/Freezer with ice maker

PILOT HOUSE

Pilot Berth

Chart Drawer

GUEST STATEROOM & HEAD

Pipe berth stowed above bed
Swing out seat

 MASTER STATEROOM AND HEAD

ENGINE ROOM
OOPS!  I FORGOT!  I’ll GET PHOTOS NEXT TIME I AM AT THE BOAT

LAZARETTE
DITTO

SWIMSTEP

Great for landing fish
Watching fish in the blue lights

Sea of Cortez fish

BOAT DECK

Earl’s “Pavilion”

Plenty of room to entertain
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Serenity was commissioned in the Spring of 2007 and has taken her original owners north to Alaska and south to Mexico. She is berthed in Anchortes, Washington and is available for inspection by appointment.  In keeping with her primary mission as a passage maker, she has no flybridge, keeping her wind profile low, a feature valued by her owners who have many years experience commercial fishing in Alaska.  She has been beautiful maintained and is completely ready to take her new owners wherever they may wish to go. 
She is outfitted with many features that make her perfect for cruising couple.  She is one of the few 43s with an extended swim step complete with staples for ease of loading or unloading a tender or kayak.  In addition to Trac stabilizers – which allow you to leave items on the counter without fear – she has a flopper stopper for anchoring.  She has a water maker, extra batteries, and LED lights. The boat deck is equipped with a unique sun shade and dingy rack that swings out of the way, making the boat deck an additional entertainment area.  The deployment of the dingy is done using a Steelhead crane and does not require removal of the sun shade.  
The boat has been continually upgraded and preventive maintenance performed.  For example, just over the past year, the owners have replaced the stabilizer pistons, the water maker membranes, the carpets, upgraded the alternator to 165 amps, replaced the master head with upgraded dometic model, painted the bottom and replaced zincs. 
DETAIL SPECS
INTERIOR TOUR OF THE BOAT
The interior is teak through out with teak and spruce sole.  The custom non-skid area rugs through out were replaced in May 2014.  The upholstery in the salon and pilothouse was upgraded to ‘ultraleather ‘ (color eucalyptus) and all counters in the galley and heads are granite.  All windows and doors have screening.  Most of the interior lights have been replaced with LEDs.  Extra railings have been installed on the stairways and overhead in the salon and pilothouse for safety.  Both staterooms have custom mattresses and Dometic fresh water flush electric heads. 
Salon and Galley
The Salon and Galley share the same space making it easy to prepare and serve food and refreshments.  There is a settee on the port side and an L shaped settee on the starboard side.  Under and behind the settees, there is generous storage.  The teak table in front of the settee is equipped with a slide that facilitates use of the storage and seating. High end accordion style shades provide light control and privacy.
The “U” shaped Galley is forward on the port side.  It has lots of storage, a Force Ten 3 burner propane stove/oven, a trash compactor, microwave, double stainless sink, under counter sub zero refrigerator, a combination sub zero refrigerator/freezer with ice maker and a 5 cubic foot top loading freezer.
A Splendide washer dryer combo is located on the port side of the Pilot House
Pilothouse and Navigation Electronics Equipment
Aft is a pilot berth with raised bench seat and teak table forward. There is a full-sized chart storage locker located under the footrest step. There are waterproof dutch doors on port and starboard sides leading to side decks.  In lieu of a captain’s chair, this experienced owner opted to drive from the bench seat using the remote control autopilot.  This creates space for easy flow through the Pilot House. All AC and DC panels are in the console. There is a replacement panel for the instrument cluster.  Full engine and navigation controls include:
Furuno NAVNET package including:
·      ·       Autopilot (NAVpilot-511)
·      ·       Autopilot Remote Contol (NAVpilot -520)
·      ·       Dual Displays (NavnetVX2) cmaps
·      ·       CMap cartridge for West Coast including Mexico, Canada and Alaska
·      ·       Radar
·      ·       Color Video Plotter
·      ·       Video Sounder
·      ·       AIS receiver
·      ·       GPS Receiver (GP-320B)
Other items include:
·      ·       GPS WA-AS Navigtaor (GP-32)
·      ·       Furuno RD-30 Depth Sounder, Temperature etc
·      ·       Sirius Weather Module
·      ·       Iridium Sat phone
·      ·       Village Marine Water Maker
·      ·       Icom sideband receiver
·      ·       Icom 504 VHF
·      ·       Icom Waterproof handheld
·      ·       Ritchie Compass
Master Stateroom and Ensuite Head and Shower
On the starboard side of the Pilothouse is a circular staircase leading to the Staterooms and Engine Room. On the starboard side of this staircase is a small hanging closet and a drop-in storage area.  Down and aft is the large Master Stateroom with walk-around athwartship berth to port, night stands with drawers on both sides and storage underneath. There are three hanging lockers and a shelf behind the headboard with two opening portholes.
To starboard is the large master Head and separate shower stall. There are two Tank Watches in the Head-one for grey water and one for holding tank- and a water tank level meter.
Aft of the MSR is a watertight, sound dampening bulkhead door to engine room.
Guest Stateroom and Head
Forward of the staircase and in the bow is the Guest Stateroom with double berth to port and a desk with swing out seat to starboard.  Storage incudes a hanging locker, night stand with two drawers, two file drawers in cabinetry under berth, shelf at side of berth, shelves at desk, and overhead opening cabinetry at berth and over desk.  There is one porthole above the desk and one overhead opening hatch with screen.
Folded into a storage space on the port wall, is a pipe berth that can be hung over the berth. 
Forward is the Head with separate shower. .  There is one opening hatch with screen.  There are two waterproof storage cabinets in the shower as well four teak cabinets for more storage in the Head.
EXTERIOR TOUR OF THE BOAT
Swimstep, Cockpit and Lazarette
Serenity has been upgraded with a generous extended swimstep complete with moveable staples that has totally changed the functionality of this area for getting on and off tenders, kayaks, and paddle boards as well as for fishing and swimming.  At night blue underwater lights provide a splendid show, especially in clear water.
The Cockpit has high freeboard and overhead protection.  A mesh sunscreen can be hung from the boat deck to provide additional shade if needed.  A custom stainless steel coat rack provide a handy place for raingear or swimsuits.  Doors lead to the dock off each side and to the swimstep in the stern. There is hot and cold water for showers, a fresh water washdown and storage.  Large LED lights provide excellent security. Access to the large lazarette is from the cockpit. 
The lazarette houses the inverter, water maker, hot water tank, pressure water pump and batteries but still has generous room for other storage.  The inverter was upgraded to 3000 watt Magnum model.  The house battery bank was increased to 1200 AMP hour AGM batteries and all were replaced in 2012.  The water maker is a 400 gpd Village Marine. The membranes were replaced in 2014.
There’s plenty of room in the cockpit for a couple of chairs and table to enjoy the early morning sunrise coffee or the evening sunset cocktails!
Boat Deck
The boat deck is accessed on the starboard side and features a dry stack, a Steelhead 1000 lb crane,.  Flexlboat SR- 10 foot dingy with a 15 hp Honda motor, wheels. anchor line and sunbrella cover, and unique sunshade support and dingy cradle.  The sunshade support accommodates a large cover, and the dingy cradle swings out of the way so as to clear the entire boat deck for group activities.  The dingy can be deployed without removing the sunshade. There are two stainless steel dock fender holders on the port side and on each side there are kayak/paddle board supports.  A Forespar boom on the port side can be deployed to support a flopper stopper when the anchorage is rolly.  There is a ladder giving access to the top of the pilot house which is completed with a 15 inch high rail on three side and a 6 person life raft. 
Foredeck and Portugese Bridge
Access to the foredeck is on the starboard side through the Portugese bridge.  There is ample room to set up a chair and enjoy the ride from outside.  The autopilot remote reaches far enough that the skipper can enjoy this spot
·      •    SS Railing
·      •    (2) open hatches to guest head and stateroom
·      •    (2 )custom stainless steel fender holders
·      •    (2) Built-in Storage Boxes
·      •    105 pound CQR anchor
·      •    Fresh water wash down
·      •    Double bow roller on pulpit
·      •    Maxwell 12v 3500 lb windlass
Engine Room – Mechanical
·      •    Single Lugger 668 diesel – 3900 engine hours equipped with a 3.9 ZF reduction gear
·      •    Dry exhaust with keel cooler
·      •    American Bow Thruster (TRAC) 220 stabilizing system – keel cooled
·      •    12 KW / 50 Hz Northern Lights Generator with sound enclosure and gen separator muffler
·      •    Cruisair AC system (15k + 15k + 15k) SMX controls
·      •    8 HP Bow Thruster 12v
·      •    Engine room fire suppression with auto engine, generator and blower shutdowns. Manual pull cable.
·      •    Lazarette fire suppression system with manual pull cable
·      •    Reverso oil change pump – main/genset/and gethome
·      •    Yanmar Wing Engine 3YM30V with 10-gallon day tank and fuel transfer system
·      •    2-blade Martec folding prop for wing engine
·      •    Handrail around main engine  
Deck and Hull Equipment
·      •    Flopper stabilizer
·      •    Maxwell 12v 3500 windlass with bow, and pilot house controls
·      •    CQR 106 pound anchor
·      •    400’ 3/8” Hi Test chain
·      •    Delta 55 pound with chain and rode
·      •    Crewsaver 6 person life raft
·      •    Spurs line cutter on main shaft
·      •    Chain stopper
·      •    Sumbrella covers – windows, hatches, and dingy,
·      •    Guest “Beamer” spotlight with controls in pilothouse
·      •    1,000 watt halogen flood light
·      •    20,000 lumen LED flood and spot light
·      •    Port side exterior SS hand rail
·      •    Complete set of dock lines and fenders
·      •    Scandvik hot and cold shower in cockpit
·      •    Fresh water wash down fore and aft
·      •    Bottom was painted April 2014 (2 coats)
·      •    Zincs replaced April 2014
·      •    Stainless rod holders
·      •    Fish rod ceiling storage rack
·      •    Retractable screen door for salon
·      •    Spare propeller for main
·      •    400 feet ¾ inch extra line in lazarette
·      •    Handheld spot
·      •    All navigation lights are LEDs
·      •    Epirb
Dimensions
LOA: 44 ft 6 in
Beam: 14 ft 10 in
Maximum Draft: 4 ft 11 in
Displacement: 54540 lbs
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Lugger
Engine Model: 668
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Power: 105 HP
Engine 2: (get-home)
Engine Brand: Yanmar
Engine Power: 30 HP
Tanks
Fresh Water Tanks: (300 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: Fiberglass (1200 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (50 Gallons)
Accommodations
Number of cabins: 2
Number of heads: 2

Monday, October 26, 2014 – She is for sale

We finally got all our stuff out of cupboards and hiding places and off the boat.  What a job!  Anyway, Serenity is now ready for some lucky person.  We have so loved her!  We are going to try to market her ourselves since we are no…