Comentarii la: Nu cumpărați un pachet de insulă – Plăci cu lanț! – Episodul 224 – Lady K Sailing

De: Falcon Quest

Falcon Quest — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:14:41 +0000

We have a joke among us that the Island Packet is always the last boat to come into the marina. They look great though!

De: Sailing Odyssey

Sailing Odyssey — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:07:29 +0000

You are correct about the chain plates. We had a guy come into our yacht club with broken chain plates…broke at deck level from " out of sight" The boat was "play to live sanblas". Talk to the owner….we put chain plates on outer hull. We did them all. He still sails it. Also told him to put companionway doors in as well when at sea. He later got in a storm…boat did well and I got an email. A green one rolled into the cockpit and he had his doors in…no issue, it drained…
The new chain plates never failed. Those were my idea.

De: Carlos Azevedo

Carlos Azevedo — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:26:27 +0000

Hey Tim thanks for another great one. I’love to see your opinion about dufour yachts I have a 86 4800 I did some research but did not find much I kfound out dufour was pioner in reinforced fiber glass grb to prevent osmosis but not much more about the construction quality and robustness can this be a good challenge for another episode of lady k? I hope so specially for your uk and Europe viewers fair winds I will check and probably subscribe your other channel i love history and beeing portuguese of course I love the golgen age of sailing. Fair winds mate

De: Chris Smith

Chris Smith — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:11:29 +0000

Tim,

Island Packet has/had been offering FREE 316L Chain Plates for their older vessels since 2000.
Anyone who hasn't taken advantage of that is just lazy. All you had to do was provide the Hull # and proof of ownership and pre pay shipping.

De: tallwill38

tallwill38 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:23:34 +0000

Just replace them don't bother even doing an inspection just factor the cost of a whole set of new chain plates into the purchase price or dont buy one of these older boats

De: tallwill38

tallwill38 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:17:26 +0000

The boats being sold overseas has no bearing on them being capable ocean boats they are loaded onto ships and sent overseas when they are new

De: Patrick Peterson

Patrick Peterson — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:22:36 +0000

Funny I’m looking at 27ft ISland packet.

De: Tim Hammick

Tim Hammick — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:58:14 +0000

Get an Amel! They are built like a brick s……..e, but not heavy due to clever build process.

De: E.

E. — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:05:46 +0000

Hope everyone watches the whole video for its great info! Any IP before the year 2000ish should get new chainplates AND new water and holding tanks. Many have already had these fixes/updates/upgrades done and the listing usually says so. We chose not to deal with that at all, because we could do so budget-wise. For a lower-budget option, and older IP is an awesome choice if you make sure the plates and tanks are done. ANY make/model with interior plates requires maintenance regularly (bedding). We absolutely LOVE our 2005 Island Packet 370 and are very often the only ones out on the water because she takes heavy wind like a boss, when that same wind keeps the Beneteaus at the dock. The IP is incredibly rock solid, which I'll take over winning races any day. We chartered a Beneteau in the Caribbean and were laughing at how early we had to reef when the wind speed was increasing. If you want a cheap boat that can't handle heavy wind and with interiors of particle board and veneer, buy a Beneteau. You can still have fun sailing it!

De: Jimmy Stacy

Jimmy Stacy — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:15:08 +0000

I purchased my 1990 Island Packet in 2018. Yes I knew the chainplates needed to be replaced with 316L and the factory had guys at the marina replacing the chainplates that week. No problem, and she is basically just like a brand new boat, other than all the upgraded electronics. There are few other brands I would consider.