I would like to clarify a few things on this boat project and thank those folks who have responded with concern for spending the time with my father. Spending quality time with my father is not in danger of falling through the cracks. My fallback is a 31' Airstream travel trailer. Quality time doesn't have to strictly be on the water. The second thing is that I am much faster at working on this type of project than the average person trying to take on a project like this. None of this work is new. I do have the time and I am very dedicated to a daily work routine without fear of burning out. I have a very good idea of how long it takes to do what task. My estimate of November 1 is really a worse case scenario. I am hoping for October 1. Shakedown is not as big an issue with me as most people. The boat is not going to be complicated, I am very mechanically inclined and I will not be very far from shore. I can easily put an outboard bracket on the boat for auxiliary power if I don't trust the engine. What really got me to questioning everything was looking at automatic fire suppression systems in the Defender catalogue and wondering first if automatic fire suppression is essential now, or could I add it later and in looking at the catalogue I can't figure out what I would even order. I have no idea If I am looking at complete systems or just parts. I am just afraid that adding to much will push the project finish date to far ahead. What is everyone's thoughts I what is essential for Southern Florida/ maybe Bahamas on a good day?

Make sure you have at least one good VHF panel mount 25 watt radio, preferably two, with another handheld as a backup. Tools, good set of charts, and a Towboat/U.S. Unlimited Towing policy. Oh yea, all the USCG safety items of course. Keith __ Don't worry about the world ending today...It's already tomorrow in Australia. (unless you're in Australia -then start worrying) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Reno" <kreno@neo.rr.com> To: <trawler-world-list@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 9:58 AM Subject: TWL: Re Partial Panic mode > I would like to clarify a few things on this boat project and thank those > folks who have responded with concern for spending the time with my father. > Spending quality time with my father is not in danger of falling through the > cracks. My fallback is a 31' Airstream travel trailer. Quality time doesn't > have to strictly be on the water. > > The second thing is that I am much faster at working on this type of project > than the average person trying to take on a project like this. None of this > work is new. I do have the time and I am very dedicated to a daily work > routine without fear of burning out. I have a very good idea of how long it > takes to do what task. My estimate of November 1 is really a worse case > scenario. I am hoping for October 1. Shakedown is not as big an issue with > me as most people. The boat is not going to be complicated, I am very > mechanically inclined and I will not be very far from shore. I can easily put > an outboard bracket on the boat for auxiliary power if I don't trust the > engine. > > What really got me to questioning everything was looking at automatic fire > suppression systems in the Defender catalogue and wondering first if automatic > fire suppression is essential now, or could I add it later and in looking at > the catalogue I can't figure out what I would even order. I have no idea If I > am looking at complete systems or just parts. I am just afraid that adding to > much will push the project finish date to far ahead. What is everyone's > thoughts I what is essential for Southern Florida/ maybe Bahamas on a good > day? > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list > > To Unsubscribe send email to trawler-world-list-request@lists.samurai.com > Include the word "Unsubscribe" (and nothing else) in the subject or body of the message. > >