Randy,

Did they seem happy?  Would they do it again?  :-)

Any idea WHICH Pelican?  Or more to the point, which owners?  :-)

Believe it or not, there are FOUR KK42 Pelicans.

Hull #22 ('81) -- not a member of Krogen Cruisers
Hull #25 ('82), Hull #48 ('83), Hull #127 ('87) -- all members

--chuck (assistant, aide, helper, first mate, and deputy to USCG
Captain Barbara, Historian for Krogen Cruisers)

PS:  We thought briefly of naming our KK42 "Pelican", but quickly
realized the name was too popular.  Don't see too many "Tusen Takk"s
on the water, but there are some others out there...  Thanks for your
posting...

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:47:16 -0500, Randy Pickelmann rwp48@verizon.net wrote:

--
The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man
living with power to endanger the public liberty.

• John Adams

Here's the scoop, and the endorsement, so go with what you got, and
go sooner rather than later!

--Georgs

From: "Mike and Barbara" pelicanme@cantv.net
To: "Georgs Kolesnikovs" georgs@trawlerworld.com
Subject: PELICAN
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:07:25 -0400
X-Priority: 3

Hi Georgs,

There are a number of anchorage boat shots on the site, but as you
discovered, there are a lot of photos to go through. If you'd like me
to isolate the boat photos, I can do that.

We have been quite happy with our Krogen. We've crossed paths with
2-42's and a 58 during this trip since leaving the Bahamas, and they
were all stabilized - we are not. We have endured a number of
uncomfortable passages, and often do a lot of "tacking" to minimize
roll in beam sea situations. Crossed sea conditions with regular
12-footers definitely require everything to be firmly secured, and
Krogen's numerous stout handholds are welcome. The motion is slow,
not the lift and crash of some vessels we've observed, and recovery
after a "rail to rail" wave induced roll is quick. We've noticed that
we tend to be more particular about our weather windows than some of
the stabilized vessels.

That said, we have complete confidence in our boat's ability to
handle whatever we get into (we are the limiting factor). Our ability
to go to weather, and maintain our steady 6 to 8 knots, has certainly
made many of our sailing friends question their choice of transport
coming this way. The 42's design also works very well in following
seas, where the semi-planing trawler hulls have difficulty.

As for the boat being "relatively trouble-free", in some ways, that's
true. Other than regular maintenance chores, the engine and drive,
steering, and most hardware items have been faultless. Many problems
with the watermaker, generator, pumps, etc. have occurred, but those
aren't Krogen specific.

Hope this is helpful.

Mike and Barbara - PELICAN

P.S.  You can use my name or not, as you wish.