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Sounds good to Gosling. We’d love a set but would prefer a corelle type of break resistant material since we are offshore sailing. Something British (ish) like a blue and white nautical look.
Cheers
J-G and Fran
aboard Gosling, Guaymas Mexico

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Greetings from the Sea of Cortez where Gosling is heading to Guaymas to be hauled out for the summer season.
I have just read the autopilot info submitted by angelsson. We have an AP22 system also but with a Raymarine type 2 drive. I am hoping that someone can provide a solution for the sensitivity to SSB/HAM radio transmission for the AP22. It seems to occur mostly at frequencies lower than 5 Mhz. Several other cruisers I have met here with AP22 have the same complaints and have been told that it is an unsolvable dilemma.
Thanks
Jean-Guy Nadeau
Isla Coronado, Sea of Cortez

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Hi Marilyn
Gosling has 2 independant navigation light systems. One for under sail and the other for under power.
During our initial refit we changed the masthead tri-colour and anchor lights to LEDs to save on power consumption while on batteries alone. For the periods under power we have the bow port/stbd, stern light and mid-mast steaming light, all incandecsant lights. We see many boats here (Mexico) that have changed their entire system to a masthead tricolour but that is really illegal. When under power you need that masthead steaming light as described in rule 21 of the International Regulationsfor preventing Collisions at Sea.
As for the mounting of the sternlight. It should be mounted as best you can to show an unbroken arc. That is often impossible with self-steering gear so I’d suggest mounting it offset to port or stbd of your sternrail or even consider a second light on the opposite side masked to show 67.5 degrees from aft to each side.
Cheers, J-G
SV Gosling
C&N 42/6
Manzanillo

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Interesting topic. I wonder if the value estimates are good for the range of C&N boats or are they specific to the 38? We have put a lot of work into Gosling (C&N 42) and have often wondered if our efforts will translate into a better value at selling time, not that we are in a hurry….
I have a feeling that values for our vessels are higher in Europe. We got a great deal on Gosling in San Diego, in large part,I believe because the brand was not known very well. We have seen very few C&N boats in our travels in Mexico and are always thrilled to see Gosling’s little sisters when we do.
Our experience so far this season is that the market for cruising boats, sail or power, is severely depressed. We are in mazatlan at the moment and just across the dock from us is a very well appointed Tayana 37 with lots of bells and whistles going for $45K (US, asking price).
We have had Gosling painted to her original colour scheme. As soon as I get some decent photos I will post them.
Cheers and a very merry Christmas to all.
J-G Nadeau
Gosling
C&N 42/6
El Cid Marina, Mazatlan, MX

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You might want to consider removing the mast and fitting in some kind of conduit, PVC pipe, maybe, to run you wires through. Then you have to figure out a way to secure the conduit in place so it doesn’t flop around. The wire, by itself will move around a lot and chafe on any protrusions in the mast, get rubbed on by your halyards and keep you up at night by clanging on the sides of the mast. With the mast down you’ll be able to do that maintenance that you’ve been waiting to do, change your lights to LEDs and do an unimpaired install of your wind gear.
Just a thought.
J-G Nadeau
Gosling C&N 42/6

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Gosling (Nic 42) has vents that were fed by an engine room exhaust fan but that was disconnected years ago. We always run with the lazarettes hatches open on one side at least. We have direct access to the engine from both lazarettes in the cockpit in the 42. Unless you have a real reason to vent such as an exhaust leak there should be no real requirement to improve circulation any more than that.
Cheers, J-G
Gosling C&N 42/6

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You might want to consider the Max prop or other feathering prop designs. There has been a lot of discussion on other groups such as the SSCA and the Southbound group (Yahoo groups). I highly recommend these sources of info when considering changes such as yours.
Cheers, J-G

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Care should be taken with all deck cleats if they have never been re-bedded. Shortly after we bought Gosling (C&N 42) I popped one of the deck cleats forward when using it for a main boom preventer. Close inspection revealed that 2 of the 4 stainless bolts holding it down had rusted through leaving only the heads in place. The remainder were badly eroded. Following that experience I removed and re-bedded the remainder of my deck fittings and found many in the same condition.

Regarding the drogue issue. I agree with mounting it to keep the bow to windward. When the weather and seas are that rough that you have to deploy a drogue you are not sailing anymore and the last thing you need is waves crashing in from astern.
J-G
SV Gosling C&N 42 #6

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We have water tank issues too but we have decided to live with them. The imperfections in the finish and cracked and chipped paint aren’t serious and are superficial but they are places where growth can collect. Without chlorination I get little hairy bits growing. I asked Jeremy some time ago about adding chlorine and he said that wasn’t a good thing for GRP tanks but I haven’t been able to find anything else and haven’t notice any worsening of the tanks over the past few years.
We don’t use the water in the main tanks for drinking anyway. We have a Power Survivor watermaker that only produces about a US gal/hr so we make our drinking water with that and store it in a large water container. We lightly chlorinate the tank water to keep the grown down and have had no problems. We fill the tanks from domestic water sources in marinas using a 5 microm pre-filter so some chlorination is desireable.
I have considered doing a number on the tanks but that would entail major surgury to open the tanks to access the interior for treatment and but we are ok with the status quo.
J-G
SV Gosling

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We have a mizzen staysail and have used it a few times. It isn’t much of a driver. Wind angle has to be just right and it rarely is in our sailing area. It is the only “original” sail left on the boat so maybe that is testimony to how much use it has had.
J-G
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