Dougcole
Guru
Seems like it is a pretty amazing technology, though currently on the expensive side. Also takes up quite a bit of space and may be awkward to install.
On the other hand, given the right boat it could be a game changer. My wife and I would like to move into a boat that is more capable of longer offshore passages (think Florida to the southern and western Caribbean, not Atlantic crossing) in the next 5 or 6 years, but I don't want to add a lot of draft and I'd like to keep the ability to run 15 knots or so when needed. As you all know, not a lot of boats fit that bill, and those that do tend to be well beyond our price range of perhaps $350K.
Just for daydreaming, do you think an added Seakeeper brings more boats into this category? There are plenty of good unstabilized SD trawlers out there in the $250,000 range, so figuring on an extra $100 K for the gyro would it work?
Obviously, that wouldn't turn a mainship into a nordhaven, but would it make the Mona passage or the crossing from Cuba to the Yucatan more feasible/comfortable for a well maintained coastal cruiser?
On the other hand, given the right boat it could be a game changer. My wife and I would like to move into a boat that is more capable of longer offshore passages (think Florida to the southern and western Caribbean, not Atlantic crossing) in the next 5 or 6 years, but I don't want to add a lot of draft and I'd like to keep the ability to run 15 knots or so when needed. As you all know, not a lot of boats fit that bill, and those that do tend to be well beyond our price range of perhaps $350K.
Just for daydreaming, do you think an added Seakeeper brings more boats into this category? There are plenty of good unstabilized SD trawlers out there in the $250,000 range, so figuring on an extra $100 K for the gyro would it work?
Obviously, that wouldn't turn a mainship into a nordhaven, but would it make the Mona passage or the crossing from Cuba to the Yucatan more feasible/comfortable for a well maintained coastal cruiser?