I was lucky and spent time with Tom when I was a kid. I told him about a single hander that was a couple of weeks behind us who had rabbit as pet on his H28. I caught up with the single hander in Fiji. He was dark as Kamahl as Tom had talked him into leaving the rabbit with him. We suspected Tom had fresh rabbit stew as soon as that H28 went over the horizon. Surcharge to visit Tom was a bottle of Rum.
Dear Don, today I discovered this (small) great project. I will spend the whole weekend on board my old 32 ft reading all the documentation on the website. I don't know how, I don't know when, but I'm sure that sooner or later we will meet. For any need in Italy you can count on me
Today I watched this video and I discovered the 580 project that I didn't know about. This evening I will confess to my wife that I have lost my mind and I will calmly explain to her what my near future will be like. Let's hope she doesn't shoot me
They seem to build them from scratch , quite impressive . Though im sure ine could always pay to get someone else to do it like a boatyard or carpenter
hahah NO and only one..woop woop...it is NOT meant to be the fastest but it does need to be strong, simple, reliable, to race solo around the world ! and easy to build :) perfect!
Congratulations Don & Jane, what a great buy, friend had a Jeaneau 43 with very similar layout , new 96 and cruised 7-8 years with young 4 boys . There rudder was out in Caribbean for warranty repair and boat floated happily for a few weeks! Have a wonderful time getting back to what you love! Feel free to post occasionally what you up to!!! Cheers Warren (usa)
50% of the price :)..the Wind pilot is ok...but SA also comes with a custom 580 mount and it is improving all the time...the servo pendulum principle is simple.....engineering is solid and reliable and the main thing is bearings and linkages...the rest is anyone can do it....so SA is ok and when making my initial decision cost was relevant and it was a quite different...also most vanes around are different interpretations of the same concepts principle or copy...that is life :)
Amazing details. Wisdom and experience. Thank you for sharing Don. I am stealing some ideas to make my 26 ft Columbia safe as possible. These are blue water boats amazing. Brilliant
All I can say is wow. I thought it was built by a yard, until you said you did it. Love the varnished sections it makes it warm, great cushions, it’s just perfect. Now I’m going to copy you but leave the yellow/orange out.
Is that the heaviest of the boats, it looks like it's got some stuff that really isn't needed in my opinion, plumbed in head, fancy looking timber edging/mouldings etc. Is that why it's refered to as the Rolls Royce of the fleet, because a Rolls weighs twice as much and more than most cars?
I am building a Setka A, the inspiration for the 580, i have the plans of the 580, but the setka rules suit me better, I have added under deck handrails and will use a movable galley box, like on malizia, the jetboil so high is a hazard IMHO, a simple design ala wharram "flexispace" I also built and owned and sailed a wharram and flexispace works better for me and no dedicated galley and no chart table is better IMHO see my blog for more it is the same as my user name
who throws a life ring to person in the water if on a boat solo ??.. Always been curious about that.. Harness make's a lot of sense but I never wore one but should have
Would you consider a box with the Jet Boil in it and some pouches as is used on some of the Imoca class set up very close to the floor so you are working over it?
Congrats, Ertan!! I hope they'll do some sort of an in-depth interview of your experiences during the crossing, would be really interesting to hear and to learn from an expert sailor. Best of luck with your preparation for the circumnavigation!
