Jeanneau 379 Trans Atlantic or notable ocean crossings

[andreshs1]

Jun 20, 2021 18:33:38 GMT chuckr said:

My DS40 is just a touch bigger than yours.  I think this is year 14 or 15 for me underway.  I did a lot of upgrades on her in the beginning and continue them today to keep her as up to date as possible.  And things do wear out.  

But per your question -- she has maybe 60k nm on her.  2 Atlantic crossings.  All the Black Sea,  Almost all the Med.  All the Caribbean and never an issue.   She use to draft 4'11" i think but last time i put her on the ground was 5'3".  As someone said above she take a lot more than i can.  But as also above a lot depends on the crew and wisdom of the crew of when to go and when not to go.  

Hi Chuckr

My schedule for departure is 3 years, so the kids can take a gap year and come with me before starting secondary school

do you have a list of items that you have upgraded? photos?
I have a 43DS and have been working on the upgrade for a few years now (budgetary constrains...), I started by fixing all the issues the boat had when I bought it (e.g. base of the compression mast, etc.)

here some of my thoughts (do bear in mind that I am BY NO MEANS an expert, so more than happy to get feedback )

• power: I have fitted an arch with 360watts and an MPPT. The plan is to upgrade to LifePo4 in the coming years, at that point in time I will remove the gas hob and replace with an induction one
• fuel: additional fuel tank will be added to the aft master cabin, I have seen a post from another member in the Hints & Tips, where installing a custom made SS tank gained him close to 200L
• water maker: Rainman AC High output. I am going with AC as I do have a generator onboard, and in the worst case scenario I could run it for 1 ~2 hours on an inverter. better to make lots of water in a shorter time than getting drips of water over the day
• AIS: Matsutec ha-102
• washing machine: under study for location and options, I very much like the Daewoo wall mounted one, yet, it seems impossible to get (and I am based in HK with colleagues in Seoul)
• Other items to add (pending on budget & opportunity): Radar, EPIRB, Life-raft & SSB (or a satellite phone would suffice??); inner forestay

I would love to hear/see what other members have done though

Cheers
Andres

[bratwurzt1]

Jun 9, 2020 17:22:16 GMT element said:

We own since a few months a 39i Performance and I am in the process of upgrading her/preparing for an Atlantic Crossing over a few years. I may generate a separate thread about the work I have done so far.

A 39i is a bit older design and bigger than a 379 but roughly comparable with a 379.
So very nice and interesting to share experiences!
By the way, I noticed that a 39i completed last year's ARC.

Regarding power management, I have installed now 500 watt solar. 60 watts on the sprayhood and 4x110 watts on panels at the side. This can be rotated to catch the most sun.
I think this should be enough, but I might install some flexible panels on the bimini as soon as this one is installed. Especially because there is a big chance that some panels will be in the shade.



I think more important will be more battery capacity. I have also 3x110Ah. Stil doubting to add more lead acids or bite the bullit and migrate to lithium.

On my to-do list is definitely to mount some handholds inside. But I'd like to sail first a few times in choppy water to figure out the right location.

Some of the other thing I already have done is upgrading the anchor equipment and installed a removable inner forestay with a heavy weather working jib and storm jib.



Hi, I've added a 100w solar panel and would like to add a couple more, did you fabricate the folding brackets on your life lines or purchase them? I can't find anything on line. 
Thank you

[element]

Feb 11, 2022 10:52:47 GMT bratwurzt1 said:

Jun 9, 2020 17:22:16 GMT element said:

Hi, I've added a 100w solar panel and would like to add a couple more, did you fabricate the folding brackets on your life lines or purchase them? I can't find anything on line. 
Thank you

I have assembled the bars between the stansions myself.
see jeanneau.proboards.com/post/57772/thread

The rotating brackets are from Noa:
noa.se/eng/products/solar-pannel-fitting

They are are not cheap but easy to use and work great.
In the Netherlands these can be ordered by most chandlers or solar shops.

[bratwurzt1]

Great! Thank you

[jweller001]

Can the baby stay be used for a storm jib?  On Lake Michigan, the waves are short distance apart and the wind can pick up faster than my radar can see it coming.  I would like to have a storm jib pre-rigged on the baby stay  of my 2001 37 SO. 

[element]

Sept 16, 2022 14:35:51 GMT jweller001 said:

Can the baby stay be used for a storm jib?  On Lake Michigan, the waves are short distance apart and the wind can pick up faster than my radar can see it coming.  I would like to have a storm jib pre-rigged on the baby stay  of my 2001 37 SO. 

Looking at pictures of the rigging my 2 cents are that the baby stay is too close to the mast to fit even the smallest jib.
I also am not sure if the deck fitting will be strong enough.
I am happy with the removable inner forestay we have