Hello Group, Our boat is equipped with a Ramarine ST6000+ autopilot system. The below deck drive unit is a rotary motor and gear box system that drives an arm...
Norm, What you have is a Witlock drive unit or if you have a newer boat the same unit may be a Lewmar as Lewmar took over the Witlock line. You can find infor...
Carl, Thanks for the info. I've now found several listing of the Simrad / Whitlock Direct Drive DU130 unit on the internet. I've contacted the folks at...
Norm, Our saga has a Autohelm unit, but I think that you might want to consider the same strategy as us if you have no wind vane. Since I would really dread...
Hi Chris, Thanks for your thoughts. I agree 100% on the need for a complete set of spare parts or a second complete autopilot system. This is what prompted...
Norm, Please post any reports you have once you've got some hours on the Hydrovane. I have also considered the Sailomat which can be mounted off center... ...
Hello Roger, Yes - Sailomat is another good option. It is a servo-pendulum system that steers the main rudder like a Monitor. It can be mounted off center...
Wanted - Experienced offshore Saga 43 sailors interested in participating in the Marion to Bermuda race. I am in the process of entering the race and am short...
Hi Group, My aluminum water tanks appear to be failing. Pinhole leaks are appearing along the baffle welds. This is just what happened to the aluminum...
Mike, If you end up having to have a custom tank built, I would recommend that you consider polyethelene (HDLP). While we are waiting for our daughter to...
Bert, Very interested in this tank fabrication and would perhaps like to try here in Canada. The one website didnt seem to work and the other is limited on ...
Doug, BBBRRRRR!!! We've had some weather over here also...two days ago we had close to hurricane force winds blow through. It Made me very glad to be tied up ...
Phil Although not an offshore Saga 43 sailor I would be most interested in participating in you Marion to Bermuda Endeavour. My experience: - proud owner of...
Mike, I am not aware of anyone who has replaced their water tanks yet but I do know John Stadelmann on Moonstruck, #48, has plumbed in 2 ballast pumps that...
Hello to all, In the 26+ years that I have now been sailing I had never sailed in a race until I was talked into joining our yacht club's end of season annual...
Peter, You can see PHRF ratings on the ussailing web site. Below are the ratings. HIGH, LOW, AND AVERAGE PERFORMANCE HANDICAPS ORGANIZED BY CLASS/TYPE SAGA...
Hello friends - we're still completing Saga 43, Unmerited Favor, and are up to the winter project to install gas piston supports on the fridge and freezer...
Hi Rick, I replaced the pistons because the condensation caused them to fail. Now I use small line and a hook. But the positions where the struts were affixed...
Legacy was given a rating of 96 PHRF in Puget Sound. That was with an asymmetric chute that they rated like a 180% genoa. Chris Chris and Heather Stockard s/v...
Moondance got a 139 rating on Lake Ontario, White Sail. Hans _/) '02 Saga 35 ... From: Chris Stockard To: Saga_Yachts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February...
Galveston Bay rated Bayou Baby, Saga 43, hull 45, at 101 for non-spinnaker PHRF for 2007, 8 and 9. I just filled out their form and that's what they sent me. ...
Pandora #10 with a 1,200 lb shoe, 5' 10" draft and lots of cruising gear has a New England rating of 93 for racing with an asym spinnaker and and 108 for ...
Hello, Having observed PHRF ratings for some time, I think most 43's are in the 80 to 90 range. We are 84 on Long Island Sound. The real issue of fairness...
Bob and all, Welcome from Georgetown, Bahamas. Bob your keel is the same as Peters and mine. I don't know where you got the 5' 10" draft. Fresh water maybe....
Hi Everybody, I have hull # 52, with a Westerbeke B55 engine. I have been sailing in the Caribbean the last 4 years & have started to have a problem with air...
Hello All, Fairtide is joining the Fundy Flotilla this year, leaving Northeast Harbor on Aug. 15. To Yarmouth NS and then up the Atlantic Coast of Nova...
I recall seeing something a while back about cracks forming in the forward part of the mast steps of some of the SAGA 43s. When I purchased the boat several...
Bob, I posted a message a long time ago regarding the ALUMINUM mast step corroding under certain circumstances...ie saltwater sitting stagnant around the...
IN BADDECK, RENT A CAR AND DO THE CABOT TRAIL AROUND CAPE BRETON.LOTS OF SCENERY AND INTERESTING PLACES ON THE WAY. BE SURE TO VISIT LOUISBERG ON THE SOUTH. ...
