Boat Forum / Sailing / August 2003

I'm looking at a 1986 Endurance 35 (De Kleer 1986, Isuzu C240 4 cyl, Borg
Warner velvet drive) to buy.
Anyone have any advice on this particular model in terms of weak points?
Thanks in advance

Well, I must admit that I am puzzled by the whole thing.  I do not believe
that the trip report was written by someone who had just skippered his first
40 mile trip.  The language is all wrong!  For example,  he mentioned the
weather forecast - and yet did not mention the forecasted ...

Just wondering...on the oceans, navigators use a sextant for out of sight of
land navigation. How is it done on the Great Lakes where they're not
operating at sea level? Of course, I'm talking about the absenceof
electronics. Anyone know of any literature on this?

Hope everyone is having a nice labor day weekend,
have fun on your sailboats :-)
NH_/)_
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I've just finished overhauling a Luger 16' Leeward and want to put it in the
water at a friends house on a creek.  It seems to me that something called a
boom tent might work to keep out the elements.  I'd like to get some plans
on how to make and rig one including weighting it down ...

The kooks are ignoring me! Whatever shall I do???

we are looking to buy our first boat and reduced down to a list of Jaguar
22, Hurley 22, Pandora 21, Tomahawk 25, Contessa 26. The smaller ones would
probably be more convenient in terms of flexibility where we keep her - we
are aiming for somewhere on the East coast

Oh lordy, lordy...bwahahaahahahahaha!
I took my boat on a short 100+ trip with no problems. a trip that Mooron and
Billy jane said I wouldn't take.
After I prove that I was there Mooron complains that I didn't keep a log! Donal

Please can anyone suggest a company/engineer/gifted child who can fix our
Kubota engine? We keep our Finesse 21 at Titchmarsh Marina at
Walton-on-the-Naze, and so far all the marine engine companies I've
contacted have heard the word 'Kubota' and looked at me as if I should be

I started out looking for my first cruiser in the C&C listings but got
discouraged at the prices in the 30-32' range.
I have come across what appear to be better values for a newbie in the
form of a 30' Newport. One is for sale within 200 miles and show nice on

As we get closer to the Whale Watching Adventure Cruise I thought I would
share a couple of tips that I have found handy in the past.
These are simple tips that most of you probably already know, but I thought
I would share them with you just in case. Perhaps if others have some ...

I have a KVH Sailcomp compass with 2 displays on my boat.  The displays work
fine during the day but at night they are unusable.  The backlight is too
dim.  I can see that its on but its not enough to see the numbers from more
than a couple of inches way.

Has anyone any experience with these - they seem to be quite fast. We are
going to look at a couple but I was wondering how much work we would be
letting ourselves in for as they are around late 60's and possibly seen a
lot of racing use. Thanks,

i am new here, but thought I might see if can get some help.  I live
in RI, know how to sail (learned on dingy's) and have crewed on
Ensign's and J105's. The only boat I ever owned was a DC (Sparks and
Stevens design, 16ftLOA, 26ft mast, fery fast, very tender!)  I am

By going to:
http://www.ardmoreite.com/stories/061001/liv_lg_astro.shtml
Ones sees that the largest privately owned telescope in the world was bought
for hundreds less than Booby's toy telescope.