Questions on Sealine F43

Coding

SPOTTYDOG3 said:
Me too, please....
idea of cost incurred ?
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Quite a bit....!

Fire protection system for engine room
liferaft to certain standard
lifejackets to a certain standard
full survey
stability test (quite simple that one)

Lots of little things which I can't remember offhand, but including thinks like emergency anchor, more anchor chain, navigation and VHF requirements, gas safety certificate, additional safety equipment....

If you want to talk about it i more detail, PM me and I'll give you my contact number....

Garry
 
Garryt said:
I've had an F43 for 4 years now and it's a fantastic boat!

I've converted the dinette into a much larger galley now and got it MCA coded for paying passengers!

If you would like to ask any questions, please feel free!

Garry
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Garry,

Would be very interested in the conversion as, like you I guess, we find there is a lack of space around the galley and feel that the dinette is wasted..

Thanks
Peter
 
PRH said:
Garry,

Would be very interested in the conversion as, like you I guess, we find there is a lack of space around the galley and feel that the dinette is wasted..

Thanks
Peter
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It is definitely worth it. We never used the dinette at all, now we have a huge galley with dishwasher and plenty of work and storage space. We also use a portable induction hob in addition to the normal gas cooker and have a built in microwave and additional power points. Ideal for entertaining! :)

I've had a 4KVA genny and a 3KW inverter installed that work together to provide any additional power requirements.

Just wish we had better weather to use the boat a bit more!

Garry
 
Channel Crossing

We crossed the channel a couple of years ago and did a tour of NW France.

We crossed from Salcombe to Guernsey and came back across from L'Aberwrach to Plymouth.

Here's some videos if you fancy a peek...

The first stage was from Plymouth to Salcombe.



We then left Salcombe.



About 20 miles out.



We crossed with friends of ours who had a Sealine T47



This was about half way over.



..And with about 25 miles to run.



Enjoy!
 
Garry, thanks for posting the videos.

Interesting that you run with the patio door and rear canvas open, we always close ours i think it helps reduce the fumes.

Also interesting that you to have fender baskets on the front, I am thinking of removing mine as they reduce your field of view when helming from below, not that I do much.

Peter
 
Excellent videos Garry. They give an idea of what a good sea boat the F43 is in marginal conditions. I too am surprised that you run with the rear doors open. Virtually every mobo I've owned draws fumes and a fine mist into the cockpit especially in lumpy conditions like that. My SWMBO is paranoid about keeping the patio doors closed because she's a bit asthmatic and is very sensitive to exhaust fumes.
Also agree with PRH on the fender baskets. My F43 didnt have those baskets and it would have driven me potty to have to peer around them whilst driving from below
 
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Excellent videos Garry. They give an idea of what a good sea boat the F43 is in marginal conditions. I too am surprised that you run with the rear doors open. Virtually every mobo I've owned draws fumes and a fine mist into the cockpit especially in lumpy conditions like that. My SWMBO is paranoid about keeping the patio doors closed because she's a bit asthmatic and is very sensitive to exhaust fumes.
Also agree with PRH on the fender baskets. My F43 didnt have those baskets and it would have driven me potty to have to peer around them whilst driving from below
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I must admit, we always cruise with the doors open and normally all the covers off, but as the weather was a bit inclement we kept the rear cover and the two side covers down.

I've not noticed an ingress of fumes, except when we're alongside... maybe it's because I keep the side windows open as it gets a bit warm inside?

We've had the saloon totally refurbished as well, so I'm sure SWMBO would complain if we had a film of oil all over the seats :)

We had more deposits around the inside from the Eberspacher when that was playing up. Soot everywhere! Had to get it refurbished in the end and I also replaced the old mechanical controls with the new digital, which seems to control the system much better, plus the added advantage of a fault number on the digital readout if there has been a failure of any sort.

With the fender baskets, I guess as I'm normally steering from the flybridge, I don't notice them too much.

Garry
 
Garryt said:
We've had the saloon totally refurbished as well, so I'm sure SWMBO would complain if we had a film of oil all over the seats :)
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You don't notice it from the upholstery at first but on our case it became clearly visible on the bare grp surfaces. Even the front cabin roof had a blackish film on it. Loads of very dirty water came out when we cleaned it thoroughly.

Now we always keep the saloon door firmly closed when under way.
 
Garryt said:
We had more deposits around the inside from the Eberspacher when that was playing up. Soot everywhere! Had to get it refurbished in the end and I also replaced the old mechanical controls with the new digital, which seems to control the system much better, plus the added advantage of a fault number on the digital readout if there has been a failure of any sort.
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Come to the Med. You wont need your Eberspacher there:D
 
The deliverytrip

http://www.tripcon.de/livetoern/sty...folder=ee54ba2e305aa3875732caa64fa16e02&slp=1

Above is the track from our trip back in April from Traben-Trarbach in the Mosel river, passing Rhein, into Rhein Herne canal, Dortmunt Ems canal, MittelandsCanal, upto Elbe Seite canal, short trip up the Elbe, into Lubeck seite canal and upinto the baltics in Travemunde. That trip took 7 days with mostly 10 km/h speedlimit.

After that it was the open seas of the southern baltic up to Sweden / Simrishamn where we refueled and further up to Kalmar for overnight stay and last day from Kalmar upto Stockholm archipelago.


Free speed on the Mosel


Cologne/Köln


Tied up in the mittellandscanal


One of the 2 locks on the Mittelandscanal


Inside the 32 meter elevator on the Elbe Seite canal.


Southern baltics shows a good side.


Though seas on the last leg between Kalmar & Stockholm :-)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/kajlehtinen/sets/72157626764503384/
Collection of all pictures.
 
Interesting thread, nice boat. But then I would say that, I have a 2001 F43!

I noticed that you have a different guard rail configuration to mine at the bow/pulpit:

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Think I prefer your arrangement!

A question: Do you have TAMD63P's and if so, what sort of fuel consumption did you get on the trip? I did a 500nm trip in February for the most part at 26k (needed to press on due to weather slot) and achieved around 0.7mpg - I believe from other forumites that at 20k-23k you can achieve nearer to 1mpg.
 
John100156 said:
A question: Do you have TAMD63P's and if so, what sort of fuel consumption did you get on the trip? I did a 500nm trip in February for the most part at 26k (needed to press on due to weather slot) and achieved around 0.7mpg - I believe from other forumites that at 20k-23k you can achieve nearer to 1mpg.
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Can you convert those figures to l/nm?


Taken from my head we managed the german canals on one tank, we took fuel onboard in Cologne & Hannover, but should have managed without it I recon. The trip from Travemunde to Simrishamn took almost everything, albeit the tank was perhaps 80% full when we left Travemunde. Another refuel in Kalmar.

I need to take a look in my logbook software to see the amounts taken in and nm driven.

/Kaj
 
OK Roughly speaking:

0.7 NMPG = 6.5 litres per nautical mile
1 NMPG = 4.5 litres per nautical mile

The TAMD63P Fuel curves fully loaded indicate around 75 l/hr at 2600rpm per engine which should equate to around 26+k, so say 150 l/hr or 5.75 l/nm which equates reasonably well with the figures I got on a 500nm trip from Gibraltar to Catalonia, Spain in Feb.

Not checked the maths so any corrections gratefully received!
 
John100156 said:
0.7 NMPG = 6.5 litres per nautical mile
1 NMPG = 4.5 litres per nautical mile

The TAMD63P Fuel curves fully loaded indicate around 75 l/hr at 2600rpm per engine which should equate to around 26+k, so say 150 l/hr or 5.75 l/nm which equates reasonably well with the figures I got on a 500nm trip from Gibraltar to Catalonia, Spain in Feb.
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On the delivery trip I would say 4.5 liters/nm, later during the summer I suddenly got around 5.5 ish l/nm on a 3-4 hour trip (70-80 Nm) from Stockholm archipelago to the islands of Åland.

I'm thinking about putting in the new Maretron N2K fuelflow sensors to get fuel/nm. Almost all sensors/instrumentation (apart from AIS feed) is converted to N2K last winter when it was in storage Traben Trarbach.

/Kaj
 
Kaj,

Interesting: N2K Builder software is a free PC-based tool for designing and verifying the integrity of NMEA 2000 (N2K) networks - you will have to let us know how you get on should you install fuel monitoring.

I suppose the best option would be to monitor fuel flowing from each tank and then deduct fuel flowing back through each return, expensive, or will you simply estimate tank capacities against nms?

John
 
We used to have a 2004 F43 on 74L EDC's and we worked out we were getting 1 mile per gallon on relativity flat seas, at about 2700 RPM 23 knots.

We had the ECO Antifoul and that did seem to make a difference with a clean bottom.

Great boat, and I am sure you will lots of fun in her...
 
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