V42 vs V47

My broker hit me with a question that I hadn't considered; the prices of Vagabond 47's are very competitive with the 42, would I consider the larger boat?

For $20K, I get 7 tones more boat.... Really want to hear your thoughts...

Thanks
Geoffrey Kerr

New Member

Jean just invited me to the site and I'm taking this opportunity to introduce myself.

Personally, I live and work in Acton, MA, USA as an Electrical Engineer for a company called Haartz Corporation. (www.haartz.com) Some of you may recognize the name because about 5% of our business is the manufacture of SeaMark. Fatinha & I have two kids, Alison and William.

Nautically, I cut my teeth sailing with my Dad on the Chesapeake on his friend’s cat boat. Navigation was a compass and RDF. After marriage, we would sponge off the generosity of friends. Finally about 6 years ago (and kids out of the house), Fatinha said we needed our own boat! (Am I lucky or what?)

Within a year, we found BORKA, a ’79, 33’ Westerly Ketch. We have been sailing Boston and the Massachusetts Bay every since. We found a marina in the center of Boston and commute every weekend to be on her. During the winter, she has an Espar heater that keeps us toasty warm as we watch movies and enjoy the solitude. Basically we have a condo on the waterfront.

About a year ago, Fatinha announced that we had outgrown Borka and we needed a bigger boat. (Now this is beyond luck, I’m just down right blessed!) In the fall we found a 42’ Vagabond in New London, CT and ended up making an offer that was not accepted. However, we now had the monkey on our back. All boats we have looked at are now compared to the Vagabond and unless we could spend twice as much, none compare.

At this point I consider myself an associate member of this Blog. Fatinha and I are indebted to Allen and Jean for their most generous help in our search. If any others have any suggestions or knowledge of a Vagabond 42’ that needs a new and loving owner, I’d much appreciate the lead.

I look forward to participating with this site in the future.

Welcome To The Kerr`s

Hi Group,

I'm in the market to purchase a Vagabond 42'. I've been in touch with Allen Baird (Ryen's Quest) and Mike (Ka'imi) and now think I should join this site.

Let me know what I can to help the group.

Geoff Kerr

Great idea To Publish Our Personal Web Sites

To Todd and Phyllis we think it is a great idea to post our individual web site addresses. Ryen`s Quest is:

http://42vagbondryensquest.blogspot.com/

we r hear

Finally found this blog. It looks fun. We need more response though. I am sure we are all very busy messing about in our boats (V42s). Everyone should list their websites and show the progress made on our new homes.

Ours is a free website that really allows quite a bit of information, pictures and video. It is tripdiary.com

Our personal address for website is www.tripdiary.com/piratetnp/toucanshare

This will progress from our first day leaving Boise, Id. to Bradenton, Florida. The trip was half the fun, now we live onboard and deal with every day situations. (no lawn mowing though!)

We look forward to all of your journeys!

Cheers!

Todd & Phyllis Thomas
s/v Toucan Share (1989 V42)

Bow Thruster

Hi Folks,

Kris and Valaint M here - hope you are all well.

I'm just back from Seville in Spain. I have had a quickly worsening trouble with my HURTH HBW 220 gearbox as fitted to a Lehman 2200 4 cyl engine - in engaging forwards - well often she won't do it - much wailing and knashing of teeth as well as throwing emergency kedge anchors!! Big drama in the marinas - I feel I now need a bow thruster...

Anyone know why this happens? Reverse has a very positive poition, as does neutral but forward is totally loose with no positive idication of when it is in gear. I have changed all the linkages etc but thought I'd share the problem and see if you guys knew.

Also has anyone fitted a bow thruster in their boat - love to talk and share notes as being a single hander I am beginning to think I need one

Very best

Kris

Annapolis to Liverpool S/V ECLIPSE

Hi All

Since my last posting Mad Dogs & Englishmen I have sailed Eclipse back to Liverpool. The trip got off to a poor start when my Hydrualic steering fell apart in a force 10 about 400 miles out from Cape May, New Jersey unable to make it back to the USA with the emergrncy steering we made landfall at Shelbourne Harbour, Nova Scotia for repairs. The true seaworthyness of this design was put to the test as we lay ahull in winds that reached 67 knots and seas of 7 metres the motion was suprisingly comfortable given the conditions and very little water made it onto the deck.

We set off for the Azores after repairs the leg took about 16 days, on arrival we proceeded to leave our mark as is traditional in Horta and after a couple of days R & R set off for Jersey, Channel Islands this leg took about 10 days, the French customs boarded us off Brest and carried a thorough but good natured search. Finally i single handed from Jersey to Liverpool taking about 4 days to complete this final leg, really enjoyed being solo and found the boat was suprisingly easy to manage despite some fairly heavy going crossing the English Channel. I will complete a few trips to Ireland over the next couple of months and then haul out for a major refit over the next two years getting ready to live aboard and do some serious cruising from 2011 onwards.

Mick Fogarty