Some sailboat Kite Aerials from my ICW passage from Mcclellanville to Charleston
- Thread starter dgreen1991
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You can, as this camera has wifi but I just aim it and go. KISS (KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID) principle works for me.
I love your expression KISS vs. Kiss my blank. Thank you very much for posting those wonderful photos. wish I was back sailing on a 260
I love your expression KISS vs. Kiss my blank. Thank you very much for posting those wonderful photos. wish I was back sailing on a 260[/QUOT
Thanks for the nice comments. I did not think I would like water ballast. Turns out it is perfect for me and my kind of sailing. I love the boat so much, I just purchased a new Dodge Ram 5.7 Hemi to pull it down the road. Big step for me as I am kinda a tight wad who believes new trucks are a waste of money. I love my new truck and now I can drag it down the road, hills be damned. My first new vehicle ever. I got a great deal on the truck too. I know you are an expert on the H26/260. Can you tell me how to replace the windows and how to reseal them. I can get the glass cut. Not sure how to get them out. They are not to bad now but I want perfect glass later. Thanks in advance!
Really very nice. Kite, 100w panel, H260 - it looks like the future me! I've been planning to outfit my H23.5 next year the same way, so we can camp on the water during vacations. Maybe I should just buy your boat. Ugh, there I go again...
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- Oct 22, 2014
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Thanks Gordon, Mine is a tiller steered 26. I prefer tiller steering and the rudder is strong. Hunter listened to it's customers when they complained about the heavy rudder on the 26 and designed a lighter one for the 260. They have had some cracking rudder issues with the 260. In my opinion they had the rudder right on the 26. I like tiller steering for two reasons: #1 Simplicity, no complex mechanisms to fail or maintain, #2 You can feel the imbalance in the tiller for improper sail trim/ rig set up. I don't go out sailing unless I can stay 3 days or more. I love sleeping on the boat swinging on the anchor. I have a portable freezer/fridge, 26 gallons of running water, an electric heating element for heating water (not tested yet), 2 burner alcohol stove, old force 10 BBQ grill, 5 gallon porta potty, 4 inch queen size memory foam on top of 3 inch factory mattress and man is it comfortable. My freezer fridge idea is this: The Dometic 18 is used to freeze a gallon jug of water which is rotated every couple of days with the one in the 5 day igloo cooler. The 50 quart igloo acts as the fridge. It seemed to work OK but the 2 days of cloudy weather caused it to struggle. Means I need second battery and second panel. On this last 11 day trip, I just stayed a 3 days with air conditioning and charging at 3 different marinas. A few of projects I have for this winter is: anchor riding sail, second battery, relocate and rewire and new panel after deciding where to mount it or them. With this boat it is less like camping in my opinion. I live very comfortable and eat well when on board. I almost always pack too much food. We are usually on vacation and like eating at new restaurants is part of my over packing problem. Wow! I type (TALK) too much!
Wow D, thanks for all the great ideas! I'm archiving this post. I always thought my H23.5 rudder was cored with hernias - ha! Sounds like that might be a similar story for the 23.5/240. Yup, agree about the tiller also. I like knowing where the rudder is, comforting to a newbie. If I may, what have you for instruments, and can you sail with the bimini on?
Hey dgreen1991,
Awesome pictures.
Can you post a couple of pics of your kite rig? That seems like an awesome project!
Something fun to work on this winter when us northerners are only dreaming about sailing!
Awesome pictures.
Can you post a couple of pics of your kite rig? That seems like an awesome project!
Something fun to work on this winter when us northerners are only dreaming about sailing!
The main reason for a change when Hunter went from th 26 to the 260, most customers of mine who saw the wheel steering that I installed which was a forerunner wanted a big boat in a trailerable boat to include the wheel steering. The cockpit floor (260) then came in two versions and the one for the wheel was beefed up based on my experience as the standard floor on the 26 would flex with a wheel when steering unless that floor was beefed up which I had to do on the 26. There were other changes