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This is when you start thinking, "I shoulda changed out the fuel filters..."
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Jim, I have been aboard many Nordhavn's and Kadey-Krogens and they're both great bluewater designs. They're not the same, however. The Nordhavn feels to me a little stiffer in the initial roll with the stabilizers turned off. But since you wouldn't normally run either class of boat without the stabilizers, that comparison might be without significance. I'd take either one, but I'd love a KKY Expedition 55'. BEST layout.
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sweet boat did you compare a nordhavn with it ?
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I believe that was a stabilizer alarm indicating maximum travel on the stabilizer fins; not unusual for a very rough patch and likely causes by one of the fins briefly coming out of the water when the boat came off the back of a wave. The big crash is the fridge emptying itself because we were dorks and forgot to latch it, like all good sailors do.
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This short handheld video was taken aboard a new Kadey-Krogen 58' as we departed Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida on a day when the strong east winds and waves opposed the strong outgoing tide. The result was a washing-machine ride that was handled well by the big, heavy Krogen. Not comfortable, but safe.