MOONLIGHT
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| Cruising Speed: 7.0-7.5 knots Max Speed: 8.3 knots when surfing begins | ||||
The boat has everything workable for extensive off shore cruising. Below is an on-going inventory, it goes on forever (it will be further updated in the future).
Anchoring equipment:
66 lb. Bruce with 250 ft. 3/8" 4G chain 44 lb. Bruce with 300 ft. 7/8" 3-strand rope with 50 ft. 3/8" 4G chain 25 lb. Danforth with 300 ft. 1" braided rope with 50 ft. 3/8" 4G chain 9 ft. diameter parachute sea anchor with 375 ft. 7/8" braided rope & attachments to 250 ft. of chain 6.5 lb. Folding Grapnel for the dingy with 6 ft. chain and 150 ft. 7/16" nylon rope A cruiser can never have too much anchoring capability........except when the waterline goes up
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Instrumentation:B&G wind speed and direction B&G Depth meter B&G electronic compass B&G Speed and log meter B&G VHF radio Furuno GPS Garmin 478C Chartplotter Autohelm Depth meter (2 is better than one) Autohelm Speed meter (that makes 4 ways to measure speed) Pedestal 7" Richie Compass Autohelm 7000 auto-pilot (the best crew on board)
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Navigation equipment:
Garmin 478C Chartplotter with 10 data cards for all areas we cruise in. Furuno GP31 GPS (when it works) Paper charts for all cruising areas Furuno radar 10" monochrome screen with 24 mile range (anything more than 3 miles is excess) |
Communication equipment:
ICOM 710 pro SSB radio with ICOM AT-130 tuner Pactor PTC IIe modem for onboard weather & email B&G VHF transceiver Standard Horizon VHF transceiver Iridium 9505 Satellite Phone w/ internet cable 2-way Motorola "Talk-about" radios Paines Wessex 406GPS EPIRB |
