nemier
Senior Member
Great article, Andy!
Thank you AL & John.
Great article, Andy!
Keep up the posts and blog Andy. How are you grabbing weather updates and how accurate have they been in your more current travels? Aren't you in the middle of typhoon season?
Although I've been absent from posting on this thread for sometime, I have read every word up to this point and am in awe of your adventures and experience.
Since I just live down the road from Dana Point and am quite familiar with the Nordy models, I often wonder wether you & Julie often think about owning another different Nordhavn model, or any other ocean crossing boat, for that matter. From the standpoint of Looks. (salty)
huge forward deck, house way aft, etc., the 62 still remains my favorite!
Hi Cardude,
Julie and I wash, wax, and maintain every single inch of INFINITY ourselves. And it's a HUGE job. We are not getting any younger, and the jobs are not getting any easier. To cope, we have refined our procedures down to a science (time-&-motions man would be proud), and we break the jobs down into days now. For instance, to wash the boat, it takes three days.
Day 1: Pilot House and upper deck.
Day 2: Main deck.
Day 3: Aft deck and bustle
Waxing is done separately. We simply take one area, and spend a two-hour period doing just that area. Perhaps doing this twice a week, when in 'waxing-mode'.
Engine room stuff typically gets done as required, or as per my own maintenance schedule which I have developed in Excel.
It's not really easy, but it's doable. We have discussed down-sizing just this month actually, but we have fallen in love with INFINITY and feel she's part of us. Funny how emotional one can get when you discuss saying good-bye to your boat. I think my last sentiment about it was: over my dead body. ?
Wifey B: I would think you'd find downsizing very difficult. Have you considered others for cleaning work, either at marinas by locals or by taking a young crew member with you?
Male or female?
Wifey B: Doesn't matter to me.
Hi Cardude,
Julie and I wash, wax, and maintain every single inch of INFINITY ourselves. And it's a HUGE job. We are not getting any younger, and the jobs are not getting any easier. To cope, we have refined our procedures down to a science (time-&-motions man would be proud), and we break the jobs down into days now. For instance, to wash the boat, it takes three days.
Day 1: Pilot House and upper deck.
Day 2: Main deck.
Day 3: Aft deck and bustle
Waxing is done separately. We simply take one area, and spend a two-hour period doing just that area. Perhaps doing this twice a week, when in 'waxing-mode'.
Engine room stuff typically gets done as required, or as per my own maintenance schedule which I have developed in Excel.
It's not really easy, but it's doable. We have discussed down-sizing just this month actually, but we have fallen in love with INFINITY and feel she's part of us. Funny how emotional one can get when you discuss saying good-bye to your boat. I think my last sentiment about it was: over my dead body. [emoji12]