NW Explorations Eldean User manual

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Eldean
A 47’ Grand Banks Europa
Operang Manual
Edion of April 1, 2017
Copyrighted. See noce next page.
Secon Contents
1Introducon & General Boat Descripon
2 Specicaons, Capacies & Important Numbers
3Operang Checklists & Maneuvering Suggesons
4Specic Discussion of Boat Systems
5“What to Do” for Some Specic Concerns
6EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
7Index
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Warning!
This noce is a part of this manual, and is placed here to warn you as an owner, crew member or passenger
on this vessel that the author of this manual assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions herein,
and represents only that the wrings and illustraons herein represent his “best eorts” to provide a
comprehensive overview of the vessel, so that it can be operated by a person who has the necessary
experience and/or training to operate such a vessel given the addional informaon herein.
You should be aware that this operang manual is provided as a convenience to the owner(s), crew members
and passengers on this vessel, and is not complete in every detail. Given the complexity of this boat and
its systems, there is no way that all condions, conngencies, and operang details can be covered, both
because of space limitaons and because of ordinary oversight as conngencies are speculated upon by the
author. Likewise, it is possible either through oversight and/or changes in the vessel as a result of addions,
modicaons, or deleons to or of equipment since publicaon of this manual, that items discussed will
operate dierently than described, be absent from the vessel, or be added to the vessel without discussion in
this volume.
As a vessel owner, crew member or passenger on this vessel, you are here at your own risk, and the author of
this manual has no responsibility for your acons whatsoever. If you do not feel competent to undertake any or
all operaons detailed herein, do not undertake it/them; get help from a competent person.
I thank you, (and my lawyer thanks you.)
Copyright 2012 Joseph D. Coons
This manual was wrien for this boat’s owner and it’s charter company by Joseph D. Coons, 1220 Birch Falls Drive,
Bellingham WA 98229, tel [phone], Email [e-mail]. All rights reserved. This manual may not be
quoted, copied, or duplicated, in whole or in part, in printed or electronic form, without express wrien consent from
the author.
About the Author
Joe Coons is a rered AM-FM broadcasng staon owner and computer systems corporate execuve who throughout his
life was involved in communicaons and mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems. He cruised his own boat on the
Hudson River and Lake Champlain when a teen and in his early twenes, and during the 70’s and 80’s accumulated some
2,500 hours as an instrument-rated private pilot. Beginning in 1986 he became seriously involved in boang as a boat
owner, subsequently working in a “rerement career” as a broker, also commissioning vessels, operang a charter eet,
checking out boat charterers, and training new power boaters. He has held a 50-ton Coast Guard Master’s license, and
operated his own boats and a substanal number of others from 26 to 70 feet in the near- coastal waters of Washington
State, Brish Columbia, and Alaska. His “helm me” exceeds 8,000 hours. In addion, he has trained hundreds of boaters
in the skills of vessel operaon.

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Secon 1: Introducon & General Boat Descripon
1A: About This Manual
1A1: Manual Objecve and Limitaons
This manual is intended to introduce you to “Eldean”, its systems, and features, allowing you to operate it with the
condence and self-assurance necessary to enjoy your cruising vacaon to its fullest. It is not intended to replace a basic
understanding of seamanship, including navigaon skills, weather interpretaon or boat handling. You are expected
to have an understanding of these subjects obtained through other sources, including training, seminars, reading and
perhaps most important, experience.
There is no way that a small manual like this one can answer every queson or give you a soluon to every circumstance,
foreseen or unforeseen. If you have a queson which limits your understanding or handling of this vessel, ask your NWE
checkout skipper or contact the oce for details (you might make a list of quesons as you read the manual, saving them
all up to ask at one me).
1A2: How the Manual is Organized
The manual is divided into six secons numbered “1” to “6” plus an index (Secon 7). Within each secon are
subsecons leered “A” to “Z” as required.
In secon 4, which deals with the specic informaon about the vessel’s equipment and systems, the manual is
organized by major categories, such as “Anchor”, “Dinghy, Davit & Outboard”, “Fresh Water System”, etc.
Note that within “Electrical Systems” are the “Electrical System-AC ” and “Electrical System-DC” as sub-categories,
and within them are such items that are a part of each, such as “Inverter”, “Generator”, etc.; Likewise, all electronic
equipment is in the “Electronics” secon.
A complete index is at the back of the manual in Secon 7.

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1B: General Descripon of this Vessel
1B1: Exterior
Flybridge, Cockpit, Side & Forward Decks
The Grand Banks 47’ Europa is a tradional yacht design,
with berglass hull, cabin, and ybridge structures,
an integral swim step, teak decks and gunwhale caps,,
stainless steel rails, and stainless steel welded ngs.
The window frames are of berglass with sliding glass
panes, while the forward main salon has a center-opening
windshield for venlaon.
Of parcular note are the easy walk-around decks,
enabling safe, secure passage about the boat by
passengers and crew.
A roomy cockpit secon with a storage lazaree beneath
(hatches near stern rail) is especially useful for shing and
for handling the dinghy aer it is launched from its crane
above the ying bridge. In the lazaree are the steering
gear, the Glendinning Cablemaster system, the dinghy’s
inaon pump, the inverter baery, other equipment, and
cleaning supplies.
Eldean at her berth. Her translucent canvas was
on the windows shading the interior.
This vessel has the lines of a traditional, semi-displacement
trawler, boasting a large aft cockpit.
Beautifully nished, easy-to-walk-upon teak
decks are a hallmark of Grand Banks yachts;
Eldean proudly carries them throughout.
The wide port side deck.

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The stairs to the ybridge in the port forward side of the cockpit li to access
Eldean’s engine room. This means that the salon is protected from dirt when
maintenance is underway, and also eliminates dangerous open hatches. It also
allows for carpeng the salon without interfering with engine room access.
To port on the cockpit deck a hatch opens to access the vessel’s propane tank
used to fuel the barbeque, which is mounted above it in the cockpit.
On the starboard side deck is the holding tank pump-out deck ng, while on
the port side deck and in the cockpit are the lls for the boat’s two water tanks.
Nested into the sides of the salon house are the two Diesel fuel lls.
Forward on the bow deck is the anchor windlass with foot switches allowing
chain movement “up” and “down” electrically. The anchor is retracted into the
bow pulpit which hangs out over the
bow to give good chain clearance from
the hull; this pulpit is strong and braced,
easily supporng not only the anchor
during hauling but also an aending
crew member if necessary. Aer passing
over the winch, the chain goes below
decks via a hawse pipe in the foredeck.
Barbecue, to port aft in cockpit.
The propane compartment.
The bow windlass. Foot switches and
shore power connection are below it.
One of the diesel lls.

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In addion to the Cablemaster system, there are shore power connecons (with
an adjacent fuse holder) at both the bow and stern, all selected by the shore
power switch in the electric panel. When any cable is to be disconnected from
shore, the switch should rst be turned to the “o” posion to avoid arcing which
could damage the plug contacts. The boat’s cables all stay with the boat when it
is away from its home dock.
Up on the set of steps from the cockpit and through a translucent sliding hatch is
the ybridge, with seang for crew and passengers, and the upper helm staon.
In addion to the helm’s instruments and controls, the console has storage
beneath. A unique electronics console rotates down for protecon of the
electronic equipment from weather.
There is access to the ships navigaon,
radar, sounder, and engine systems.
An L-shaped seat a plus a pair of
helm seats provide seang for up to six
passengers without the portable chairs.
The crane with the dinghy is a to
starboard, while the hatch from the
cockpit is a to port with a seat just
forward of it.
Within the storage compartments
beneath the ybridge seats are a
complement of life jackets.
The electronics console in the
“Up” position.
Looking forward on the ybridge.
L-settee is to right,while cabinet
with sink, storage, and icemaker is
to left. The electronics console
is “down” in this photo.
To port of the access door from the swim
step is the stern shore power connection.
The ybridge refrigerator/sink cabinet
(the sink has its “lid” covering the bowl)
The dinghy with the cover off. It has a
9.9hp electric start Honda.The lowered
crane boom is in the foreground.
Looking aft on the ybridge past
the L-settee is the dinghy.
The Cablemaster pays out its
50-amp cable from the center of
the vessel just above the swim step.

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1B2: Interior
Main Deck
The boat is entered by either the starboard side door or the door midships a. These doors are ed with strong locks,
and the starboard door has a stainless catch axed to the cabin side to hold it open; this “hold-open catch” should
be engaged manually, not just by “slamming the door open” to avoid damage to the catch by bending, or the door by
banging. The door should be closed when underway except at very low speeds in calm waters to avoid geng salt water
inside the doorway.
Speaking of doors, it is important whenever you use the heavy a sliding door that you make sure that it is properly
latched, whether open or closed! Because of its weight, extra cauon should be taken to avoid damaging it!
Salon:
Forward of the starboard door is a professional-quality
helm with electronics panel above. To the le of the helm
the cabinet houses the ship’s power panels, while on the
helm’s right there are the emergency backup throle
controls, the anchor windlass circuit breaker, AC ground
fault interrupter control panels, and the control for the
engine room re protecon system.
A closer view of the lower helm.

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Just a of the starboard door is the custom helm seat with
a storage cabinet and a cushioned top. A nook to right of
the seat holds the ship’s large main ashlight. Just a of
the helm seat is a cabinet with a drawer and a freezer
beneath behind the teak doors. A of the cabinet is an
upholstered seee with storage beneath.
An L-seee is along the port side with a dining table.
Under this seee are storage cabinets.
In this view you can see the helm seat (there is storage
below the helmseat, not in this picture). Just aft of it is
a cabinet with a drawer and freezer; then there’s a
settee for three and a smaller dresser by the aft door.
Looking forward from the salon’s aft end to starboard. The forward
half of the salon is for the skipper; to port is the galley.
Looking aft to port from the helm seat, galley counter infore-
ground, then the dining/cocktail table, port settee,entertainment
cabinet, TV and aft door. The CO Monitor is above the TV.
(Left) Storage by the helm seat..
(Above)...and under the port L-Settee..
(Above) Nook by helm seat.
(Left) Panel to right of helm.

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In the a-most cabinet under the
port seee are the remote locks
for the engine room and lazaree
hatches and the stereo/TV
components. The high- low table in
front of the seee is used for
dining/ cocktails, and can be raised
/lowered.
Galley:
The galley on Eldean is ecient and well-equipped. Above the
“L” containing the electric cooktop is the microwave and, along
the port side, drop-doen cabinets for glassware.
The enre “L” base cabinet under the cooktop is devoted to
storage and an under-counter refrigerator (the freezer, as
noted above, is across from the galley behind the helm seat).
There are cabinets along the port side of the galley, and the
forward side of the galley has the sink and more cabinets.
(Above) Entertainment electronics and hatch locks. To lock,
pull out knob and swing latch under it. (Left) Table adjustments.
The galley is forward in the salon to port.
When the cabinets are closed,
it’s beatuful!
The center of the “U” has more space
The galley “L” holds the fridge
and storage
Overhead space is fully used, too!

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Forward Guest Accommodaons: Cabin & Head/Shower
Going forward, down three steps from the salon, the companionway leads to the passenger accommodaons, with the
head pump and water pump beneath the steps, well-insulated for quiet operaon.
To starboard of the companionway, the guest stateroom has a two berths with drawers beneath and a hanging locker,
while to port there is a guest/day head compartment with stall shower, Vacu- ush toilet, and a vanity with a sink and
storage.
Bow Master Stateroom & Head/Shower Compartment
In the bow is the Master Stateroom, with its island queen
berth, extensive storage, and in the stateroom’s a
starboard corner, the door to its private head with stall
shower. Under its berth there are drawers, and cabinets
and drawers are to each side.
Guest Stateroom wider viewGuest Stateroom BerthGuest ShowerGuest Head
(Above) The M/S/R Berth (Inset) drawers in the berth
(Far Left) Head compartment (Far Right) Shower stall
(Below) Storage to port
Guest stateroom wider viewGuest stateroom berth

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1B3: Engine Room
Access to the engine room is by liing the stairway from
the cockpit to the ybridge.
Note that when lowering these stairs, the li cylinders
“relax” during the last foot or so of moon! Be careful
not to injure yourself or damage the vessel by leng
the stair assembly “drop” to the deck during this
operaon!
Engine room lighng is turned on by breakers in the
ship’s DC and AC power panels by the helm; the boat has
both 12-volt and 110-volt lighng in the engine room.
The Cummins 6-cylinder QSC 8.3 liter, 490 horsepower
engines are to each side while in the a end of the
engine room there is the Onan 11.5 kilowa
generator set.
Looking down the stairway.The stairs up and “open”.The normal stair position.
(Above) Having just entered
the engine room, we’re looking
forward across to the starboard
Cummins engine. Note the white
oil lters in the foreground, the
propellor shaft, engine transmission,
and the 110 and 12-volt lighting.
(Right): Forward in the E/R are
the sea strainers, fuel manifold,
and (with red handles)
the battery switches.

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The engine room is roomy, and neatly laid out, with
most equipment easily serviceable. Specic components
will be discussed further in Secon 4 of this manual.
1B4: Lazaree:
This compartment is entered through the hatch in the
cockpit.
The lazaree primarily stores miscellaneous equipment
and mounts the steering gear and the Cablemaster system.
There is also a baery here for the inverter.
This compartment as well as the engine room can be secured by using the locking system inside the a cabinet under the
port salon seee.
Forward of the starboard
engine, more electronic units.
Forward of the port engine,
chargers on the bulkhead.
Forward of the picture to
left, house batteries &
the port diesel.
Just inside the E/R door to port,
an extinguisher & the inverter.
The Onan genset. Battery
switch is above and to the
left, aft water tank behind it.
Aft of the starboard engine
are the air conditioning
compressors and
the generator battery.
The entire aft side of
the lazarette is principally
devoted to the rudder
system. Here also is the
autopilot “rudder follower”.
To port in the laz is the
Glendinning Cablemaster shore
power cable handling system.
The inverter battery and the
spare anchor are on
the laz’s forward bulkhead.
The cockpit hatch to
the lazarette.
To starboard in the lazarette is
the underside of the propane
cabinet, and a sea water
strainer. The blue bag held the
BBQ at the time of the
photo; it is now installed.

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1B5: Dinghy and Davit/Crane
The boat has a Caribe 10.5’ RIB-Inatable dinghy with a 9.9hp Honda four-
stroke electric-start outboard motor, fuel tank, pump and oars. The motor
uses regular fuel without any oil added. Oil for the OB crankcase can be
found in the lazaree storage compartment under the rear cockpit steps.
The dinghy is carried on a folding deck crane on the ying bridge a, ready
for launching on the starboard side of the boat The crane control is kept in
the salon a starboard-side cabinet.
See specic details in Secon 4.
1B6: Deck Equipment
The boat has mooring lines; a stern/shore line 300’ long; an appropriate CQR main anchor with 400’ of chain rode plus
an emergency anchor with chain/rope rode; fenders/bumpers; deck chairs; an ice chest; a crab pot or ring with line,
oat, and bait rig; a fresh water tank lling and boat washing hose; and a boat hook. Items not stored on deck are in the
lazaree.
1B7: Safety Equipment
Anchors
There is a permanently-rigged anchor on the bow pulpit and a spare anchor in the lazaree
locker that can use the stern/shore line as a rode.
Bell
There is a ship’s bell mounted adjacent to the ybridge steps.
Carbon Monoxide Monitor
There is a CO monitor in the a port corner of the salon.
Fire Exnguishers
This vessel is equipped with three re exnguishers, one in the salon by the helm; a second in
the guest stateroom hanging locker; and a third on the ybridge in the starboard seat base; plus
a built- in engine room re suppression system.
First Aid Kit
It is in the port shower compartment’s locker
Flares
Flares are in the ybridge locker.
Life Preservers/PFD’s
There are two wearable vests in each stateroom’s locker, and there are standard vests under the ybridge starboard seat.
Charter clients with persons under 90 pounds should bring appropriate life jackets for them. A heaving line and life ring
are on the port side of the ybridge L-Seee.
Pumps
Manual diaphragm-type in the salon starboard door step, plus three electric pumps.
VHF Radios
There is a VHF Radio at each helm staon.

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Secon 2: Important Vessel Numbers
Vessel Name: Eldean
Vessel Ocial Number: 1197804
Hull ID Number GNDV0027J607
Capacies:
Sleeps four: Two in each stateroom
Fuel: 600 Gallons in two 300 gallon tanks
Fresh water: 260 Gallons in two tanks (160 fwd, 100 a)
Holding Tank: 77 Gallons
Dimensions:
Length on deck: 46 feet 9 inches
Beam: 15 Feet 9 Inches
Dra: 3 Feet 10 inches
Displacement: 50,827 Pounds (Empty)
Fluids:
Motor Fuel: #2 Diesel
Motor Oil, mains: Shell Rotella-T 30-weight
Transmission Oil: 30-weight Chevron Delo
Engine Coolant: 50-50 mix, ethylene glycol & water; corrosion inhibitor added
Operang Parameters (Esmated):
RPM Gallons/
Hour Knots Naucal Milles/ Gallon
800 2.0 6.5 3.25
1000 3.6 8.0 1.51
1200 6.1 9.2 1.51
1400 11.0 10.8 .98
1600 16.0 12.1 .756
1800 22.0 14.0 .636
2000 0.0 16.5 .550
2200 36.0 19.0 .527
2250 Maximum Cruise RPM is 2250 RPM!

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Secon 3: Checklists & Maneuvering Suggesons
3A:Operang Checklists - Eldean
First Thing Each Day:
• Check engine oil, coolant.
• Check under-engine oil pads. Okay?
• Check fuel tank levels if necessary (use Computank system or dipsck).
• Check holding tank indicator in a head. Need pumping?
• Turn o anchor light if illuminated.
Starng Engines:
• All lines clear of propellers and on deck.
• Items running on AC evaluated vis-a-vis the Inverter and Generator.
• Baery selector switch to “House” (#2)
• Throles retarded to idle, shi levers in “neutral”.
• Turn engine key switches to start engines in turn.
• If engines do not turn over, see “What to Do If”.
• Stabilizers Control Panel Power “On”
Leaving Dock: (Only 3-4 minute engine warmup required!)
• Shore power switch “O”, shore power cord removed, stowed on board.
• Step stool aboard, if used.
• Lines removed as appropriate.
• Fenders hauled aboard and stowed.
• Lines and other deck gear secure/stowed.
• Doors and hatches closed and secured as appropriate.
Underway:
• Helmsperson on watch at all mes.
• RPM under 1400 unl engines warm to 140°; RPM never to exceed 2400 RPM.
• Wake eects always in mind.
• Stabilizers “Engaged”, Trim tabs set (See page 19).
Approaching Dock:
• Fenders out on appropriate side.
• Bow line OUTSIDE stanchions and bloused around toward midships.
• Engines dead slow, wheel centered for engine-only maneuvering.
• Mate ready to secure stern rst (in most circumstances).
• Trim Tabs Up (“Bow Up”), Stabilizers in “Standby” Mode
• See page 51 re Bow Thruster use
Arriving at Dock in Marina:
• Lines secure, including spring lines.
• Trim Tabs Up (“Bow Up”), Stabilizers in “Standby” Mode
• Step stool out, if needed.
• Water heater breaker o unl Inverter current seles (see “Inverters” below).
• Shore power cord connected, shore power switch “On” to power locaon.
• Shore power conrmed on meters, Inverter “On”.
• Electric use monitored for current capacity of shore facilies.
Arriving at Mooring Buoy:
• Trim Tabs Up (“Bow Up”), Stabilizers in “Standby” Mode
• Skipper puts starboard end of swim step, with mate on it, next to buoy.
• Mate loops 20’ or so line, such as bow line, through buoy ring.
• Mate holds two ends together, walks up side of boat to bow of boat.
• With buoy held close to bow, line secured to each bow cleat through hawsepipe.
• Inverter “O” unless in use; generator running if required*.

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Mooring at Anchor:
• Anchor is lowered from pulpit while boat is backed up slowly away from anchor.
• When desired chain length out (4:1 or 5:1 scope), windlass is stopped.
• Engines reversed for “count of ve” unl chain pulls up virtually straight. Note: The boat is not held in reverse
against a taught anchor chain!
Generator Starng/Stopping:
• Hold “Preheat” switch for 15 seconds, then “Start” unl starts.
• Check port side exhaust for water ow.
• Aer one minute for warmup, turn power selector from “O” to “Gen”.
• Stopping: Power selector from “Gen” to “O”, wait minute for cool-down, Hold ”Stop”.
Overnight Checklist in Marina:
• Shore power “On”.
• Inverter “On”.
Overnight at Anchor or Buoy:
• Inverter “O” to conserve baeries*.
• Anchor light “On”.
• DC electrical items all “O” including radios, extra lights, etc.
Upon Arising:
• If at anchor or buoy, Inverter only “On” if necessary.
• Start generator if necessary for baery charging.
• Inverter “On” if shore power available or generator running.
• Turn on heat if necessary.
• Go to top of this Eldean checklist.
* If operator is condent no major AC appliance will be le on without the generator running or shore power available,
Inverter may be le “On” at all mes.

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3B:Maneuvering Suggesons
3B1: Docking & Undocking
Usually it’s easier to dock bow in. Have your mate
at the side rail opening, ready to step o and secure
the stern line, against which you can pull to swing
the bow in toward the dock. By having your mate
ready to disembark when close to the dock, he/she
will not have to jump to the dock, risking a turned
ankle or falling overboard. It is the skipper’s job to
put the boat next to the dock so the mate needn’t
jump, but merely step o!
Approaching a dock, have fenders out as required and have the bow line already rigged, passed through its hawse pipe,
and draped back on the side of the boat between the stanchions so it can be reached from the dock. Never put
a line from a cleat over a rail: the boat’s weight will bend or break the rail if it pulls against the line! When the mate’s
ashore, the line can be easily reached!
If dock clearance permits, spring the boat forward so that it pulls forward on the stern line. This will bring the stern close
to the dock. Let the bow line out enough so that the boat can rest against the stern and midships fenders.
3B2: Maneuvering in a Harbor
Whenever you are in a harbor, the trim tabs should be fully Bow Up and the Stabilizers should be in the “Standby” mode.
With its twin screws, you’ll do best if you center the rudder and steer with the engines only! The props are so large that
the boat will respond well except in high winds just with use of the propellers in forward and/or reverse. Take your me,
and keep the boat running “dead slow” so that you can plan each approach. You shouldn’t need to use the throles at
all.
Filling the Fuel Tanks
With the large fuel tanks, you can fuel the boat prey fast using a standard hose and nozzle (like those on auto gas
pumps). Fuel each tank, taking the hose around the fore-or-a deck to reach the outside ll pipe (don’t drag the hose
over the decks or teak rails: have someone help you handle it). Fill both the tanks completely but do not spill fuel! You
can control the ow rate by sound, as the ll pipes make the characterisc “geng to the top of the bole” pitch change
when the ll pipes begin to ll when the tanks themselves are full. (The tank vents will gurgle before the tanks are full, so
when the vents begin gurgling, slow down unl you hear the ll pipes’ pitch change.)
You can tell fuel levels in two ways: By the sight gauges in the engine room on each tank (accurate); and by the gauges on
the electronics panel above the galley cabinets and windshield to le of the lower helm.
3B3: Anchoring
Anchoring can be accomplished safely with a minimum of fuss if you are prepared. Or, if you are not ready, it can be
stressful and dangerous for you or the boat.
Before aempng to anchor, the trim tabs should be fully Bow Up and the Stabilizers should be in the “Standby” mode.
Select an anchorage with a so boom such as sand, mud, or gravel, if possible. Look at the charts and cruising guides
for ps on good locaons. Then, choose the spot in the anchorage where you have room to “swing” on the anchor
without disturbing other boats. Remember, responsibility for leaving room goes to each successive boat to arrive, for the
rst boat has priority in the anchorage!

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Here in the Northwest, because of the deep waters, all-chain rodes and small bays, we anchor a lile dierently than in
the Gulf of Mexico or Carribean, for example. First, except in severe weather we use anchor chain scopes of only 4-to-1
or 5-to-1. For example, in water that is 40 feet at low de in the typical anchorage, we might use 160 feet of chain unless
the weather was to be gale force or greater winds.
Second, because of the small bays and steep booms, we oen rig a shore line from the stern of the boat to shore. The
best example of this would be at Todd Inlet at Butchart Gardens: Here is a bay that can accommodate 8 - 10 boats, yet
it is only about 150’ wide and 200’ long! Boats aach their bows to the mooring buoys or, in a few cases, anchor; and
then their sterns are secured to rings provided in the steep clis overlooking the bay. Boats are thus perhaps only 15-20’
apart, side to side.
Third, boats oen will “ra” side by side in busy marinas, although this is not very common.
Fourth, courteous boaters will call vessels coming into busy bays and oer to let them ra to the same buoy, if signs on
the buoys do not limit usage to only one boat depending upon length.
Anchoring safely requires two persons, one at the helm maneuvering the boat and one on the bow operang the anchor.
Pung the bow of the boat over the spot where the anchor is to be placed aer checking the depth on the depth
sounder, the windlass foot-switches are used to lower the anchor slowly toward (but not onto) the boom, by watching
the chain markings.
The chain is measured by marks on the chain. The markings are as follows:
10’ Red-Yellow-Red Stripe
50’ Yellow Stripe 100’ Red Stripe
150’ Yellow Stripe 200’ Red Stripe
250’ Yellow Stripe 300’ Red Stripe
350’ Yellow Strip 375’ Red-Yellow-Red
When the anchor is about to reach boom, the boat is backed away by pung the engines into reverse for 5 seconds:
eddies from the chain indicate moon. Resume lowering the anchor while driing backwards (watch the eddies and add
another burst or reverse if necessary!) unl the desired amount of chain is out. Stop paying out chain. Engage reverse
for ve seconds at a me unl the chain starts to pull straight o the bow toward the anchor. A straight chain indicates a
“set” anchor!
NEVER pull on the chain for more than ve seconds, and never at any engine
RPM other than idle! Pung the boat’s weight plus its horsepower on the chain forcefully even at idle will bend the
anchor and/or damage the mooring gear!
If while checking the set, the chain rumbles and clunks, and seems to release in bursts, it means you’re anchoring on
a rocky boom and the anchor is not holding. Be paent: it may not set on the rst try, and you’ll have to repeat the
process somemes to get a good “set”.

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3B4: Shore Lines
When a shore line is required,
anchors are set 75 - 100 feet from
shore, with the boat backing toward
shore during anchor-seng. The
stern line is put around a tree, and
brought back to the boat. During this
process, be sure to keep clear of rocks
near the shore, and allow for our
Northwest des, occasionally twelve
feet, and somemes 20 feet when
further north! Check the present de,
and high and low des before beginning anchoring: No sense anchoring in 15 feet of water if you’re at the “top” of a 15
foot de!
To get to the shore, you will need to have a dinghy down, and then have your mate keep the boat’s stern toward shore
with short bursts of reverse gear. Somemes a helpful boater already anchored will help you by taking your line to shore
for you with his dinghy, a neat “good deed” that you might reciprocate. We’ve met some nice boaters this way!
The shore line is in the lazaree, and is long enough to usually allow taking it to a tree, around it, and back to the boat
so you don’t have to go ashore to une when leaving. With a crew member keeping the boat in posion, take the dinghy
to shore pulling the end of the shore line with you. Pass it around a tree, and pull it back to the boat if you can, since
then to get away in the morning all you have to do is release the bier end from the boat, and pull it aboard. Pull the line
ght, as long as you’ve got over 100’ total of line out: there is plenty of sag/stretch, and we want to keep the boat in its
area! If necessary, put a crab pot oat or fender on the line to warn others it’s there!
Here is a sketch of a properly anchored boat with a shore line (In this drawing, S=Scope, which should be at least 4 x DL,
the Depth at Low Tide):
3B5: Stabilizer
Eldean is equipped with a Wesmar stabilizing system operated by a hydraulic
pumps on an engine, with hydraulic oil from the tank in the engine room. The
stabilizers have a large n protruding down at about a 60-degree angle to
the water’s surface on each side of the boat midships; like the ailerons on an
airplane they automacally lt one way or other to keep the boat level about
its roll axis. In use, they therefore constantly changing posion as necessary to
respond to any change in the boat’s roll axis.
Control for the stabilizers is via a panel overhead in at the lower helm. Turn the stabilizers “ON” with the on-o knob;
press the buon to “Engage” them (the LED will so indicate”. You can adjust the boat’s trim with the “Trim” control, and
adjust the stabilizer’s “Sensivity” with that control. (The “Dim” control is used to adjust the lighng intensity — it should
stay fully clockwise). A remote control is on the ybridge.
The stabilizers should be in the “standby” mode when not cruising, and anyme the vessel is in “Neutral” or “Reverse”
to prevent stressing them by having water pass over the ns backwards.

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3B5: Trim Tabs
The boat is ed with a set of Benne Trim Tabs. These are wide “aps” aached to the a
end of the boat, under the swim step at the trailing edge of the hull, operated hydraulically
under the control of the skipper by rocker switches with indicators at each helm staon.
At low speeds, up to approximately six knots, the tabs do lile, and should be le in the
“Bow Up” posion (see below). But at speeds over this range, the tabs begin to take eect
and will help the operator lower the bow for more ecient cruising.
The best way to adjust the tabs is to lower them while watching the “Speed” indicator to
get the highest speed at a given throle seng by adjusng “Bow Down”. If the tabs are
“Bow Down” too much, the steering will get mushy and speed may drop o a lile, and
the tabs should be adjusted “Bow Up” a lile. Note that it will take me to make these
adjustments; when the buons are depressed, they need to be held 2-5 seconds each me
for change to be felt and observed (the best way to see the eect of the tabs is by the knot meter and by observing the
height of the bow relave to the horizon, most easily seen from the lower helm staon).
Because the trim tabs are so large, THEY MUST BE IN THE FULLY- BOW-UP POSITION WHENEVER THE BOAT IS TO BE
OPERATED IN REVERSE, otherwise the great water forces against the tabs may damage them severely, even tearing them
o the hull!