November 2, 2017
After a relaxing crossing, we settled in at El Alacran for an peaceful nights sleep that was nearly devoid of wind or waves. A perfect way to catch up on sleep and get reacquainted with the Baja. It is magical to watch the sunrise while staring out at the sea while on the Baja, it simply never gets old. Once…
June 21, 2017
I became interested in finding out what other Seawind owners were using for anchors and it quickly morphed into adding other catamarans in the 38 to 42 foot range. It was interesting reading the emails, often the response was about how much they loved their anchor (I suppose you would ditch your anchor over the side permanently if you hated…
January 21, 2017
Whew, this is a job I am extremely happy to have behind me. I can’t say it was fun. The removal, with the proper procedure, wouldn’t be that tough and would take a maximum of two hours. The installation, well that is another story. But I’m getting ahead of myself. In my communications with Seawind I found out that there…
December 14, 2016
I’m in the middle of upgrading the center steering bracket. The Seawind design had a single Ronstan Traveler Car to support the Steering Bracket. My understanding is the newer 1160 catamarans have relocated the Steering Bracket from a vertical mount to a horizontal mount to reduce stress on the ball bearings. This would be a significant change so instead I…
August 15, 2016
Well I suppose it should be expected that the one hatch that leaked would be over my bed. At least in Mexico and San Diego there isn’t a lot of rain so it wasn’t major issue. Mostly just a just a pain in the ass when washing the boat, since I had to remember to put a bin under the…
July 14, 2016
Wow, this drawing turned into an epic project. I started with the current Seawind 1160 electrical schematic (thank you Seawind for providing the DC drawing!). My boat had a second inverter installed plus my solar upgrades and lithium batteries. Spent a good deal of time tracing wires to confirm the accuracy of my schematic drawing and even fixed a couple…
June 4, 2014
There were a number of people asking for better pictures of the hull/transom extensions. Here are a few more views. Beam View Port Bow View Port Forward View Port Stern View
June 1, 2014
The beginning is always hard. Whenever I stumble upon a new blog I read a few pages then, if I’m still interested jump to the beginning. To see how it began. To see what were those first pangs of intrigue that they felt the world needed to know, or that they needed to get written down. This is my story.…
May 27, 2014
Stikhedonia (formally named Selah) had three foot extensions added to the transoms. This was similar to a modification that many Seawind 1000 owners completed on their catamarans before the Seawind 1000XL was offered. Starboard Stern View from dock Starboard Port Beam View while on lift Starboard Port Stern View while on lift Starboard Starboard Stern View while on lift