tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646079098627197212024-02-20T16:58:54.646-08:00Access Freedom SailingLessons and discoveries around sailing. Inspired by that feeling of freedom from untie-ing the lines, setting a sail, and silencing the engine. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438553352302953814noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564607909862719721.post-18730556939480977302014-10-09T19:39:00.000-07:002014-10-10T17:59:43.732-07:00Cruise Tuscany<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tuscany conjures images of rolling hills, vineyards, olive
trees, rustic villas, sunsets, and exquisite wine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However unfair, add beautiful sailing to your
dream sequence and let me tell you what I saw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The morning after sampling much Multipulciano wine, was a
smart opportunity for my wife to suggest doing something different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Let’s take a ferry and visit “Isola d’ Elba.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Skeptical, I didn’t smile until the ferry left Piombino’s docks,
exposing the turquoise Mediterranean water and near perfect sky and temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five min later we spotted our first <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">blue water cruising sailboat </a></span>which didn’t drop from view until at least one other
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">sailboat</a></span> appeared—a standard maintained throughout the voyage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fifteen min later Isola D’elba appears like a
steep mountain range rising out of the sea<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The countless mountain ridges decended to form peninsulas which coupled
making romantic coves awaiting an anchor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many coves were uninhabited some had towns and five on the island offered
full service marinas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The ferry docked at the island’s busiest harbor.
Portoferraio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other ferries stop at
Cavo, Rio marina, Porto Azzuro and Marciana marina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Europeans carve towns into hills with a
charm that warrents poets and painters to portray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We stepped off the ferry into tourist-ville and quickly escaped via
the nearest bike rental shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Biking is
a great way to experience the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting into a car or bus means getting out of the environment you are
visiting. Biking is healthy, fun, more conducive to stopping at vistas, talking to locals,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> and offers better parking with zero fuel costs. It's no surprise more <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">cruising sailboats</a></span> are stowing folding bikes. </span>We packed water, wine, fresh mozzarella,
prosciutto and bread- our reward for the up hill portions. Elba's cliff top views
are amazing and that they also feature many <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">sailboats</a></span>,
makes Elba feel like home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In the afternoon, gelato in hand, we walked the docks. As in
the US, Beneteau dominates as does Lagoon(catamarans).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I noticed far fewer Hunters and more Gibseas
then I’m accustom to in the states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Elba <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">sailboats</a></span> out number their power driven sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>True, sailboats don’t deliver mail or
passengers, or cargo but sailing is part of Elba's culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reluctantly boarding the ferry, I spotted a
sailing school with adults practicing docking procedures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> When the ferry turned, I </span>spotted fleet of lasers beating towards a mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt guilty interrupting their view
with a giant, obnoxious, bus carrying, diesel burning ferry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If the ferry’s stopped, much of the island's approach <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>looks the same as it did 100 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A Young <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">Yacht Owner's Lessons</a> learned:</div>
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“Mind numbing” describes the full day of motoring the intra costal waterway at 5 knots. Twelve hours of watching, depth sounder, buoys, and GPS, stimulates a yearning for the open ocean, and beer. We were less than a quarter mile from that beer when disaster struck. </div>
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One hundred yards from a slow-to-open draw bridge, I started a circle to allow time for it to open. This particular draw bridge was old, slow, and sounded like a hundred wrenches being dropped down a metal stair case.</div>
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The tide and wind were racing in parallel toward the bridge, I was just past halfway through my circle. The jib was flapping and had just crossed sides as I started furling. </div>
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It was just then that we noticed a jib sheet fly through the block to join it’s brother on the new leeward side. “I’ll get it” my wife said as I continued furling. She still had one foot in the cockpit when engine suddenly yelped Thung-kk, and stopped.</div>
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You have the picture: A tightly strung jib sheet in the water leading towards the prop. Wind and tide gushing towards a slowly opening bridge, 100 yards away. The main sail stowed under a sail cover.</div>
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Instantly, we were in danger. The boat (also our home at the time) was drifting, sideways towards destruction.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">Offshore cruising sailboats</a></span> should have anchors properly secured: Out of the way, low, and if possible, centered. Ours, was none of those. Having anchored last night, it was ready to drop. I ran forward, untied, kicked, swore at, and pushed the anchor overboard. Then I prayed and waited as we quickly drifted closer to rocks and a half opened bridge.</div>
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If it doesn’t, can I get the jib out in time?</div>
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Can I trim the jib with the sheet stuck around the prop?</div>
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Will insurance cover this?</div>
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Is this how my dream of living aboard ends?</div>
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Just then the sideways drifting hull started swiveling, bow pointing into the current. The chain tightened, emerging from the water straight ahead. I can’t overstate the feeling of relief felt as our stern swung just twenty yards from the wooden structure that ushers traffic under the bridge. People fishing the nearby rocks appeared, relieved. It was holding. </div>
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I was preparing for a swim just as the coast guard motored by. They offered to call a towing service but declined to lend a hand. They were most insistent that I not get in the water. My second mistake of the day was listening. Next time, I’ll follow my instinct and free my own boat (thankfully there hasn’t been a “next time”)</div>
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It’s a common expression that when ever two <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">sailboats</a></span> are side by side, you have a race. I had won a few such races that day. Our jib and motor combined passed other <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">cruisers</a></span> reluctant to set sail. </div>
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Now I was more than humbled as these same boats. Looked eerily upon our disposition. This was further exasperated by a little misunderstanding I had with the bridge operator. I had requested the opening then, to his bewilderment, I appeared to just anchor in front of his pass through. Car traffic was waiting over 10 min before I realized he was afraid to close it. I radioed that we were having troubles and to close the bridge. He immediately did so and then, for some unknown reason, he assumed that it was unsafe for him to open the bridge again. So the entire day’s worth of traveling sailboat “companions” were now circling around waiting. They had been told that there was a boat in distress and that the bridge could not open. I hailed the operator again and suggested he continue normal bridge procedures. Immediately traffic stopped, the bridge started opening and all the boats lined up single file and passed close-by as my anchoring spot didn’t leave much room. While thinking this couldn’t possibly be more humiliating, I then noticed a growing crowd of pedestrians overlooking our situation from the fixed part of the bridge.</div>
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Eventually the towing service arrived. I was surprised that he towed us rather than tie along side. But he expertly towed us forward just enough for me to pull the anchor. The further upstream to put for some turning room. He called the bridge for an opening and then swiftly turned us back towards the throughway, keep just enough speed to maintain steer-ability. </div>
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After making the turn, I was uncomfortable that the bridge was still closed. But we had time and honestly, I was happy someone was communicating with the bridge operator. Still, I asked, and the tow boat captain confirmed, it would open. Soon the bridge started its haunted clanging noises, but still, given the our pace, this was could be “close” I thought. Aware that I had just asked, and that my shaken nerves could make me edgy, I decided to remain silent (mistake number 3) as we swiftly powered towards a mostly closed bridge. Then something happed, the bridge noises stopped. We were nearing the point of no return now 30 feet form the actual bridge I shouted Jim! Get me out of here! The driver, now under the bridge, did the only thing he could do. He put his 300 horse power engines in reverse and flew by me in the opposite direction. We exchanged grimaces as he passed, as if to agree that this was going to hurt. When the line grew tight, we collided just forward of my beam, loudly.</div>
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To imagine this seen, picture the bridge with one hinge, to starboard (on my right). The left side of the bridge arc’s upward and to the right creating a gap for masts to pass by. The channel’s left side is where masts safely pass the bridge. Now picture the tow boat reversing past my starboard side (near the bridge hinge).</div>
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As the tow line drew taught my boat abruptly slowed down but to me time moved slower. We seemed to hang there for minutes until bow began to the pivot on the towline. By god’s grace, the stern began swinging left, towards the tiny but slowly widening gap on the left side (the lifting side of the bridge).</div>
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I was thinking how to vacate whichever direction the mast fell. Few options on a boat 12 feet wide. The crowed, was now gripped by their show. I remember one guy Yelling Oh no! No! It’s Going To Hit, IT’S GOING TO HIT!! </div>
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All eyes were glued to the top of the mast. It’s path arched with the pivoting boat while the bridge arched up and right. The two arch’s formed a near miss like the way a high jumper snakes their body up and around the fragile pole. </div>
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Were I sitting on top of our mast, I could have reached out and touched the bridge. The crowd cheered as we (including the tow boat) passed sideways by the still opening bridge. The man yelling was now saying “Wait… My God it May Make It, it’s going to make it IT’S MAKING IT!</div>
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Once tied at dock, with all systems off, We were traumatized. There was the crash site which had made an ugly mark but amazingly no damage (A toast to CE Ryder’s quality <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">blue water sailboat </a></span>construction). Then there was the line tightly tangled in the prop. As I readied to dive, my wife for the first and only time said “Can I pour you a shot of rum” </div>
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As it turned out. The bridge operator had engaged the bridge to open but experienced an issue and had to switch to a backup device which caused the delay. </div>
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To this day if you sail with me, you’ll notice all four sheets are checked for a secure figure eight knot prior to departure. Also ingrained in my head is, when ever a line is suspected to be overboard, shift to neutral. These lessons were recorded in my log along with "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">Blue water cruisers</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">belong at sea."</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438553352302953814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564607909862719721.post-29041058587611007022014-06-07T06:41:00.001-07:002014-06-07T15:16:50.342-07:00Used Sailboat Hull Design, Evolving Opinion: <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When reviewing <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue water sailboats for sale</span></a>, know your heart’s position on Cored-Hull vs Solid Glass. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Traditionally, I preferred sailboats with a cored hull as if it were Integrity’s hallmark. Cored hulls have been the practice of solid names like Southern Cross, Pacific Sea Craft, and Gozzard (although other quality builders use solid glass). These proven sure footed <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">ocean going sailboats</span></a>,</span> if maintained, are worthy options in the <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">used sailboat</span></a> market (trumping opinions on core vs solid glass). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By “cored hull” I am referring to one layer of glass at least 3/16 inch thick fiberglass pressed against a synthetic layer of core .5 to 1 inch thick. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I say “synthetic” because, despite it’s weight, stiffness, and cost benefits, balsa wood (common core material) has no place on a <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue water cruisers</span></a>- Not even in the deck (although hard to avoid). There is no balsa aboard Shannon or Island Packet Yachts. When balsa gets wet, and it will (despite what the sales person says), it turns to mush. So Balsa is great when new but this article is for<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">used sailboats</span></a></span> buyers and we like synthetic core. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cored hulls have benefits. Simply put, they’re thicker. Cored hulls offer insulation from temperature and possibly sound. It’s <span style="text-decoration: underline;">almost</span> like having two hulls so when a floating object lacerates your outer hull, your boat keeps sailing if your inner hull remains uncompromised. Lastly cored hulls present fewer condensation issues inside (most applicable in extreme temperatures).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While these benefits are real and hold value, cored hulls, present an opportunity for moisture to collect where it can’t be dried. Even if owners use proper methods to fill holes when adding fixtures, the two layers of glass create a chamber which, over decades, traps moisture. What happens when that collects and freezes? What is it’s impact on the glass and the core it self? These are unknowns and when helping customers find a 25+ year old <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">used sailboat</span></a> to carry them over the horizon, I prefer fewer unknowns below the waterline. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My current boat has an air-x cored hull. I feel safe with her integrity but if privileged to buy another boat someday, I’m drifting towards <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">ocean going sailboats</span></a><span style="font: 11.0px Calibri;"> </span>with solid glass hulls. There is simplicity in it. You have fewer unknowns as the water meter readings really tell the story. You know what you’ve got which inspires confidence in your boat. When far from land and help that confidence is priceless. John Kretschmer (sailed over twenty Transatlantic crossings) refers to the value of “confidence in what your boat can do” as essential to successful storm sailing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lastly, I’ll leave you with some quotes from sailors I respect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“I prefer solid, un-cored hulls below the waterline. I appreciate the advantages of cored hulls, especially in the topsides and deck, where they reduce weight and offer strength in certain applications. But down south (below the water line) I want solid glass.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>-John Kretschmer: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sailing a Serious Ocean</span> International Marine. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue water sailboat</span></a> is a 1980’s cruiser but
her head is less than one year old. Yet, a few minutes after pumping, “stuff” fills back in the bowel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This repulsive issue c<span id="goog_1800640867"></span><span id="goog_1800640868"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>ould intensify if witnessed by paying customers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, there is a simple answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">cruising sailboats</span></a> have heads that use a
joker valve to prevent back flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joker
valves are typically soft rubber valves the size of an espresso cup. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wear-out annually (most likely by design)
and while only $13, Joker valves help keep marine stores in business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jabsco, owned by Xylem, makes the heads found on most American <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue water sailboats</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the Joker
valve is ubiquitous across manufactures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The following list provides all you need to solve this problem plus some
advice from recent experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Watch this Jabsco video:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqYkXa5AWe8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqYkXa5AWe8</a> Note: The factory supplied screws are self tapping so when refastening, be sure to patiently spin the
screws gently till the original threads catch, otherwise you carve new threads that will fail. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Clean the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll
likely be positioning your face and hands in some badly forsaken places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Also p</span>ump fresh, clean water through your entire head
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides peace of mind during
this otherwise messy task. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Use a portable hand held bilge pump to empty the bowel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep pumping until it stops refilling. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the water looks dirty revisit line two.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The video displays <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a
brand new head, on a table, bright lighting, and ample work space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue water sailboat's</span></a> head is probably wedged
tightly between dimly lit bulkheads. This is why man invented the socket
wrench. I recommend replacing the factory’s screws with identical brethren, except
with socket heads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please note: Jabsco doesn’t
provide “socket screws” because it’s very easy to over tighten- indicated<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by the sound of crunching, cracking, plastic
followed by swearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be <u>very gentile</u> and remember you are working with fragile imported plastic. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lastly head lube keeps the pump working like new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m hopeful it also delays indefinitely the otherwise
inevitable rebuild.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I hope this article helps keep your repair quick, hands
clean and a head clear for sailing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438553352302953814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2564607909862719721.post-4147633285096758102014-05-02T04:59:00.000-07:002014-05-02T04:59:12.999-07:00Wild Departures<br />
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This spring’s been busy with sailing charters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love this work, this time of year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wind, temperature, tides, even the
dolphins cooperate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I especially enjoy
the people appreciating the area, the boat, and sailing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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When busy, my boat handling skills improve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s cyclical-- Successful dockings, impressed
customers, improved confidence, more experience, more skills etc. But every market
self corrects. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My wife and I went for an after work, dinner sail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tide runs parallel to the dock and was
coming in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My bow was pointed out and
the wind was blowing us off the dock-- circumstances for easy departure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wind however was unusually strong and
angled such that the boat was practically sailing at dock. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">sailboat</a></span> slid forward on gusts and the tide
carried her back in the lulls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only
have 5 feet fore and aft before I hitting expensive neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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My hastily drafted theory/experiment was to keep both the
stern and aft spring lines attached. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will keep the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">blue water cruiser</a></span> steady
while I release the bow.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I could have asked my wife for help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have brought the stern in
closer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have used a mid-ships cleat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We could have eaten at dock. </span>I could have done many things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I am a charter captain with sharp skills,
confidence, and a soon to be deflated ego.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I untied the bow, jogged back, untied the stern line,
through it aboard, and noticed, the current was loosing to the wind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The boat didn’t drift back onto the aft
spring line, which would have swung stern toward the dock (Making it easy to board).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, the entire boat was simply sliding
away from the dock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I grabbed the aft
spring and tried to pull the stern in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This only spun the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bow, now broadside
to the current, further down stream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
boat was perpendicular to the dock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I held
the aft spring which served as a piviot while all 25000 lbs of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">blue water cruiser</a></span> drifted (fast) towards the boat neighbor. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I yelled Vivi give me shot in reverse!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Normally this request is accompanied with hand
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She leaped into position
and thankfully her mental coin landed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">up</i>
as she pulled on the transmission and matched my urgent tone with assertive throttle.
The boat responded, I coyboy’d on to the Wind vane self-steering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As she returned to neutral. I quickly pulled
the dock line out of the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bow swung
past 90 degrees to the dock and my neighbor stern was two feet away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Now a shot in forward, HARD!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At full throttle, the only thing that
collided was exhaust smoke which plastered my neighbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our sterns cleared by only a few inches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Yahhh Hooo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I climbed
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In my experience, every </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">used sailboat</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> pluming project requires
creativity.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Standardization hasn’t
matured like it has for home pluming projects.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is one simple lesson that I hope will save you frustration.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The most common <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">cruising sailboat</span></a> head is the Jabsco or Wilcox-Crittenden
manual head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These call for waste
discharge hoses (The hose you really don’t want leaking) with an 1.5 inch inner
diameter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The most common, easily found, smell proof, 1.5 inch ID
discharge hoses is the spa hose found, in Lowes, Home Depot, and Ace hardware
etc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I have driven to all three to
verify.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, their inner diameters
aren’t exactly 1.5 inches- they’re closer to 1 9/16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given pressure or just time, the spa hose
leaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course sealants and excessive
clamping all help but if you want to do this right and, just once…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s worth the extra drive and few dollars to
buy the hose from West Marine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
other marine supply stores use the same suppliers as West but I can’t promise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, the WM hose fits all my Jabsco 1.5
inch OD fixtures snugly and no leaks- critical aboard any </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue water cruiser</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Done! I highly recommend it. As of 2014, all my boat’s expenses are legitimately tax deductible. The process was long but, for boat enthusiasts, it’s enjoyable. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Could you benefit from this? “Going corporate” worked for me for four reasons:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> B. I’m not rich. Whether walking the docks or the isles of West Marine, I’m frequently reminded that most yachtsmen live beyond my means. When sailboats stopped delivering passengers and mail, sailing in America became a privilege for the privileged. For me, every discount is greatly appreciated so making this year’s dock fees tax deductible was motivating.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> C. Sailing provides a growth path. Living aboard a 1981 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">used sailboat</a></span> inspired me to study and practice: Electricity, wood, fiberglass, engines, and plumbing. Boating instilled the courage to attempt repairs before hiring experts and to disassemble broken things before tossing. Such learning felt more like exploring and is exciting. Having an eagerness to learn, serves me well on the path towards <i>professional</i> sailing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>1. Purchase a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">seaworthy sailboat</a></span> (more about that later)</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">I found a school online, paid the money, attended class, and passed the Coast Guard test. For me, this was the only way. The schools teach you to pass the exam. This sounds obvious but often higher education uses class time to engage students in theoretical discussions. This leaves the “passing exam” task to students and their books. My school had a select range of the USCG’s questions to administer and they taught us to answer them. The course was around $1,000 and a significant time investment. However, I enjoyed the learning. Unlike school, this was not a chore. The other option is to self study and challenge the USCG proctored exam. This was not realistic for me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">After passing the exam, I started the hoop jumping, red tape cutting, and bureaucratic back & forth required when working with the Coastguard. If you’re patient and follow the process, eventually you’ll receive a certificate (now a passport like booklet) that you can fax to your insurance company for your first payback. For me, this was a few hundred dollars off of my annual insurance bill.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">About four years after earning my license, I finally contacted a local sailing school and, after flashing my USCG license and passing a sailing interview, I started providing the occasional weekend sailing charters. This was tremendously satisfying- a passion turned profitable… Well, the boat costs more than the occasional charter earns, but it still feels good to see dollars flow back the other way.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The new income prompted me to register a company with the state. A Limited liability company (LLC) does two things:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On January 1, 2014, <i>Access Freedom Sailing LLC</i> was born. Filing the “Articles of Organization” In Florida costs $125 and was easy compared to the coastguard’s credentialing. See your state’s website for an application for a Limited liability company. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">My chartering work was for an organization called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://windwardsailing.com/" target="_blank">Windward Sailing</a></span> – which also has an excellent school and talented sailing instructors. They use the American Sailing Association’s (ASA) curriculum and credentialing process. It was a natural next step to start accumulating instructor certifications. I’ll be 65 someday and will to retire ready to teach ASA classes. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Instructor certification costs nearly $1,000. However, once paid, the classroom and sailing experiences were exciting. I was learning from other sailors, reinforcing the concepts from the captains license course, sharing sea stories, exchanging <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">used sailboat</a></span> tips and tricks and getting acquainted with a national organization of sailing instructors. Like most passions, the better you get, the better it gets-- and sailing is no exception. Weekend instruction revenue will help feed my boating habit in the winter, when classrooms are warmer that sunset cruises.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">This is not for everyone. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/how-to-be-a-florida-yacht-broker/" target="_blank">Becoming a yacht sales person</a></span> is easy. Surviving as a Yacht sales person takes intense dedication, a broad skillset, resourcefulness, and a passion for boats. I am lucky to know such people and luckier still that they’ve taken me aboard. Mike and Mary founders of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">Paradise Yachts</a></span> bring honesty, an impressive network, and an impressive results to customers looking to buy sell or learn. I am glad to be learning from them (on weekends and evenings). I won my first boat for sale and I look forward to posting more, so if you want a good, used day sailor with a cabin and popup roof, let me know, I’ve got an option for you. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Do you remember step one above (purchase a seaworthy sailboat) I’d be a fool not to mention that, I’d be glad to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">help find the right sailboat</a></span> to carry you over the horizon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Overall, turning my boat into a business was not the result of master forethought-- just me, doing what I enjoy, and taking the next logical step. Thankfully, they’ve made yachting more affordable and more importantly, I’ve grown better, safer, and smarter at sea. I wish you the same.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">My otherwise faithful Balmar Alternator and external regulator recently sound as if they’re revving-up
and then down. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two to four seconds
pass, then it reoccurs. The sound corresponds with: </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The battery voltage moving up and down</span></li>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">A green light flash on the regulator (May not be 100% correlation).</span></li>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">A Tachometer that waves at me.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">These <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">used sailboat</span></a> symptoms appear less noticeable while under load and after the
engine runs for a few hours. Both devices are quite old but I don’t have
dates. They didn’t always make this sound. The alternator belt
is in good condition and doesn’t appear to slip. </span><span style="font-size: 19.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">Questions: </span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">What would cause this?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">Are my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/?s=charging+system" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: yellow;">Batteries</b></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">at risk?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">The alternator is charging a bus which is connected to three different banks is that an issue?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">I
look forward to posting my solution soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Measurement Details and Pictures Below:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starter <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gauge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">House<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Volt Meter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">House <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Energy Monitor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.96<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">House <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gauge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Regulator- Blk&Red<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Volt Meter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gauge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: yellow; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">House <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gauge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Volt Meter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">House<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Volt Meter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.57<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Regulator- Blk&Red<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Volt Meter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #FDE9D9; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">House<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gauge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: yellow; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">House<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Energy Monitor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 50.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #EBF1DE; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 57.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="86"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 109.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #E4DFEC; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Volt Meter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Maintaining a <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">used sailboat</span></a> takes courage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Courage” defined here as the willingness to
take something apart while lacking the ability to rebuild it and, while
standing on one’s head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some boat projects feel overwhelming and can push the
captain well beyond the comfort zone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, one is often driven past that Am I just making this worse zone, straight
through the I should have photographed how this looked before dismantling zone,
and deep into the dark hollows of the How much will this cost me zone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Take for example “Un Tie the Lines”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a series of short videos artfully telling the
story of a young, courageous woman who left her country, family, and job, to
restore a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">used sailboat</a></span> in Panama with the dream of sailing it over the
horizon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s still unfolding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See it on Utube.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">Used SailBoat</a></span>
Project Lifecycle:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Something seems wrong-- A gauge raises, a new sound, a
new smell, or water droplets appear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This wrong thing becomes an annoyance and eventually speaks louder, or
smells worse than all the other projects on the boat’s perpetual list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, like the damn faulty grill lighter, one
day, BANG!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This nagging feeling pokes
through the subconscious and ignites the decision to start the project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Planning Phase: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Watch related utube videos- That someone already
experienced this problem, is likely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> T</span>hat someone bothered to record and post it for you, is amazing.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Draft your version of the steps- Great reason to sit
and relax. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Talk to your marina:</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Consulting an expert never hurts</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Learning the cost of actually hiring an expert provides
motivation to either figure this out or sell your home.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The marina’s cost estimate also provides an artificial
reference point that can justify the purchase of a new tool (that you’ve always
wanted anyway) which brings me to:</span></li>
</ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Talk to your Spouse:</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Women, and especially my wife, have an ability to
incite courage- more effective than “I dare you…” was as a kid.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My head is a tangled weave of boat projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife, who’s sailed next to me since we’ve
owned the boat, has no, none, zero boat projects on her mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She naps<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>while I fix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But her “outside
perspective” often helps me prioritize and avoid bad, expensive, ideas.</span></li>
</ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Purchase the materials- Two choices, go to a:</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Marine supply store, and pay three times “fair price.”
For exactly what you need, Or,</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Go to a hardware store, pay a fair price for a highly
corrosive version of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“sort-a like” what
you need.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Destruction Phase:</span></b></div>
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<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With a plan, materials, and yourself uncomfortably contorted
in position, start dismantling anything limiting access to the problem. This
spawns the inevitable question:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How far
am I willing to drill, dig, unscrew, break and pay to solve this problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With a clear line of site, investigate the problems’
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Solution Phase:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All boat problems are resolved with some combination of
these six steps:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sand, clean, epoxy,
replace, purchase, and patch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Rebuild Phase:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Start by looking for the lost screws and determining which
screws go into which holes because none use the same thread size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Review old pictures of boat guests hoping to
catch a glimpse of how the work site looked like prior starting the project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The moment of truth is that point at which you can test
your repair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always cleanup prior to
testing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is because if the test
proves successful, my manly motivation to clean instantly disappears. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We crown every successful project with two triumphant
words:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It works!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taken from the early days of discovering our
recently purchased used sailboat. Many items needed repair so when something
functioned as designed, it was cause for a celebratory exclamation of “It
works!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Completion is genuinely
satisfying. I know more about my boat, I may have a new skill, tool, or a better /safer boat. I have the satisfaction of knowing that one more piece to this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">used sailboat</a></span>- this micro world- this island
of self sustainability, is now functional, stronger, cleaner, and done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Used sailboats</span></a> commonly list with radar so I share this
story to urge my <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">first time boat buyers</span></a> to become wise radar users.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With the Auto pilot steering outbound a familiar channel,
rock walls on either side, and myself on the bow prepping the staysail,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I noticed a different wave formation about 20
yards of the port bow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shallows?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I looked up to evaluate our distance from the jetties, but they
were gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t’ see them. I
couldn’t see anything-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just 360 degrees of
pure fog, not even an outline of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
nervous imagination started spinning my mental compass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which direction am I going? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grasping any barring- The only mark was the
oddly placed little breaking waves now just 10 yards off the bow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yikes!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I thought I trusted my auto pilot but having purchased
several <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">used sailboats</a></span>, trust in any device is scarce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sudden blindness and odd waves were
spooky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hustled back to the GPS which showed
us safe from rocks but headed towards a large channel buoy. I could not see it but
when the radar “warmed-up”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The screen
showed the bouys and our course relative to the rock wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was reassuring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I altered course and a minuite later saw the
buoy pass close by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was thankful to know what both the rocks and the bouys
looked like on the radar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having studied
them before instilled confidence in what the screen displayed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Relaxing some, I covered the GPS to simulate having to navigate
by the radar alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great
exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My initial reaction to the fog was to look “harder” and keep
looking until something materializes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
of course is wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If, on a clear day, I
look at the real world 80% and the electronics only 20% I now believe that, in dense
fog, that ratio reverses (if single handed).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was time to deepen my trust in the radar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Use a clear day to learn how certain objects, buoys, small
boats, big boats, and at various distances appear on screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll find the knowledge particularly
valuable against the emotions surrounding disorientation and may help
let that <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">used sailboat</a> live to sail another day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I view sailboats like an art enthusiast that sits still to "experience<i>"</i> a painting. Yes, I liked the Miami boat show. The scene is hot, slightly crowded, and
frantic but there were beautiful new an <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/index.html" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">used sailboats</a>, and experts on every sailing
accessory. The knowledge was free to the
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chafe is your number on enemy on a long passage.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don’t use your main sail in the down wind trades.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Over purchase your auto pilot and furling rigs.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">His latest book is <u>A Serious Ocean</u>- Sailboats,
storms, stories, and lessons learned from 30 years at sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rarely are two people equally tolerant of crowds, heat, and
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have a backpack with:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Water, snacks, hat, sun screen, and room for
purchases.</span></li>
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that would, with out a goal, feel like impulsive floundering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the couple, plans the goal together both
parties work together during the show. My targets were to board the Hanse 50, Passport 54, and Hylas 46. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attend 4 lectures, See an AIS, and a wind
generator rep. I boarded all the boats plus other <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/index.html" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">used sailboats</a> but only attended 2 lectures and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;"> Boat shows are a tremendous opportunity to see and touch new and <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/index.html" target="_blank">used sailboats</a>. More importantly they provide a valuable learning opportunity for gadgets, new technology, and creative ideas for cruising racing. Lastly, as a <a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/index.html" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">yacht broker</a> it's reassuring for me to see other brokers in action. it's reassuring to know that there is always room for my hallmark. Honesty.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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drive—charter first:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Chartering can provide a taste of life board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While is expensive, chartering could save <u>a
lot</u> of money espeically if you decide life aboard is not for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please note: early cruising experiences often
involve uncomfortable and frightening adventures (although you’ll enjoy telling
those stories later).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of the joy of
cruising and living aboard comes with the skills learned, and the
customizations made, aboard your boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, don’t judge a life aboard from one brief charter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">5. Be realistic about finances:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Strained
finances often strain relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plan
concervatively and let your less interested spouce define “conservative.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your boat will need upgrading, and if you
expect to hire professionals, then prepare for the truest cleche ever
told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bring out another Thou$and (BOAT)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found it helpful to develop a budget based
on projected expenses:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are few to
consider:<o:p></o:p></div>
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water and electrical<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Make it a priority to discuss lifestyle issues:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Challenges lie ahead as they do with any significant move or
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some you’ll anticipate some you
won’t. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be alert for problem issues and
openly discuss them. Consider how moving aboard will impact:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">How will you work together to address the pertinent ones?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Going for it:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Don’t think
you’ll get through this process without tapping courage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll both need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if you’ve arrived at boat ownership
together, truly together, than you’ll empower each other to tackle far more
than you could alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t expect to
leave the dock having all the answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many lessons you can’t learn until after you untie the lines (dock
lines). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sail safely, enjoy your boat,
and most importantly, be good to each other. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">One man
said to his wife, “Honey, lets buy an old <span style="background-color: #9fc5e8;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank">used sailboat</a></span></span> and live aboard.”</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“You’re
crazy” She exclaimed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Give up our cozy
house for a small head and damp mattress?”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">And, that’s
how it often goes. Rarely<span style="color: black;"> is a couple equally
enthusiastic about sacrificing home comforts for a<a href="http://www.paradiseyachtsales.net/" target="_blank"> <span style="background-color: #9fc5e8;">used sailboat</span></a>, even if it’s headed
for paradise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If your spouse isn’t fit
for living aboard, this article may not change that, But, the following experiences/steps
describe how my wife and I arrived at “yes” </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">1) Share the dream:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“Honey,
you know what I would love to do…” Sharing this dream, even within the context
of marriage, can leave one feeling vulnerable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Will she thinks it’s ridiculous, a passing phase/midlife crises, or
worse, will she feel threatened and insecure—responding with, “Aren’t you happy
here?” Uprooting seldom produces comfortable feelings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">On
the other hand, if an extended boating adventure genuinely holds your heart,
then, </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">discussing</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> it is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharing
the dream, like most vulnerabilities has the potential to bring you closer, and
perhaps sail you over the horizon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Broaching
the “live aboard” subject needs to occur when the couple is alone, confident,
and comfortable. For us it was a lazy sailing day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One arm draped over the tiller and a hat pulled
down over my eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were talking and
dreaming:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Imagine having a boat big
enough to spend the weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it had a
stove and reasonable bathroom we could go for longer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many colleagues work from home, so why not a “floating
home?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could we live where the sun
shines more.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "?? ??";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">My wife’s job was ending; as was her appreciation for
Vermont’s overcast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knew my distaste
for working from an office cube and, in contrast, my excitement for working
from a boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, the discussion
concluded with “There just look at some boats”</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "?? ??";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><b>2.
Explore together:</b></span></div>
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Searching for a
boat was exciting to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, unless you
have a passion for it, boat hunting is exhausting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plan your search with respect for one
another’s tolerance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may mean
shortening the self absorbed hours spent perusing boats on yachtworld.com.
“Hello! I said dinner is READY!” “Oh… On my way.</div>
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Internet
searches are an obvious, good first step but eventually it’s time to visit the <br />
“A“ list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These boats are within driving distance and, at least on paper, meet most needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every
boat design feature involves compromise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might visit a boat that provides a meaningful learning experience
(Catermarane or Trimaran).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Traveling to visit
boats can be draining, or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some,
the undistracted hours driving together can be quality relationship time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those who don’t drive well together, consider
these questions to better understand each others needs, concerns, and
excitement about “the boat initiative.” </div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">How do you envision life
aboard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">What part of this vision is
most appealing?</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">What do you fear the most about
this venture?</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">What boat qualities are most
important to you?</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">How will you feel if we find
the perfect boat/price today. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">How do you think this purchase/
trip/ lifestyle change, will impact our relationship?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Improve used sailboat hunting by planning trips to include places of
interest (not boat related).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pack a
surprise gift for each trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep your travel radius to whats reasonable to
the less interested party. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Once at the boatyard, respecting her tolerance meant not <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>discussing <u>every</u> detail with the
broker, while she drowned in boredom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When my hand got squeezed twice, it was time to go. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">The last boat:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most couples
recognize the “right” boat in less than ten minutes of stepping aboard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When that happens…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ride home becomes very interesting.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;"> 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Making the decision:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">At
decision time, one person may get more excited, while the other, more worried.
Here is how we dealt with that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope
you will glean from these comments the purposeful prioritizing and genuine
respect that underlies our words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your
words will likely be different and thus more natural for your
relationship. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "?? ??";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Here’s what I said to Viviana:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“This vision is very exciting to me but, if we get this boat, and you
don’t like living on it, let’s agree that you will (must) tell me, and we will
sell it without arguments or guilt-trips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of course, it will be disappointing, but we’ll work through that
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, I accept that
disappointment now, in advance, should we decide it’s not good for our
marriage. “ </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">My parents (married 64 years at the time of this writing) say this
about making important decisions: “If it’s not good for our marriage we don’t do
it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yes, they owned a sailboat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Putting the marriage first can present a real sacrifice, but
rarely regret.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there are regrets,
well, then, from within the context of a healthy relationship, most decisions (especially
with regards to boat buying) can be revisited later. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">We did buy the boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
much sweet went into making her (the boat) ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Priority was give to her boating needs (stove
and head) were among the first projects completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lived aboard for two weeks and,
thankfully…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She liked it!</span></div>
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