Boat Forum / Sailing / April 2004

Sheesh...over 750 posts while I was gone..
Well, here's the news...we won't find out until the end of the week about
the job situation, but it looks very good.  The bad thing:  very very
shallow....if we did take Chanteuse down, we'd be sitting on her keel half

I have roller furling on the genoa of a Bavaria 34. It is satisfactory most
of the time, but in a rough seaway it becomes a problem upwind at Force 6,
and at Force 7 and over never performs particularly well, being a bit prone
to back and shake the forestay too much, and to lose its ...

The windows on my boat need to be replaced. They're fitted into those
old-style channelled rubber strips that are used to hold vehicle windows in
place - the rubbers are rather perished and the acrylic is clouded and
crazed. I'm considering putting tinted acrylic on the outside of ...

Thought you might get a kick out this:
www.hamsexy.com
Cheers
Marty

Who makes the marine engine replacement water pump cover that attaches
with knurled knobs? Name & URL please.

I have several boxes filled with brass oil lamps, barometers and clocks I want
to clean. I was using Noxon 7 or something to that effect. Slow going and then
I remembered those TV ads for Tarn X. Does anyone know if that stuff really
works?

I think I may have discovered that Bob is selling stuff on Ebay under
a different user name.  It sure looks like him.  You decide..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4146756343#ebayphotohosti

John,
You blew my minds eye image of Marsha.
Some reason I thought she was a cute blonde like on the Brady bunch.
Sheeezzzzeeeeeee

Who is the most famous sailor that started and ended a voyage
from Falmouth.  1 pt.

Looks like Jonathan isn't the only one who has a bit of a problem with the
nuances of the understood "to be," the adjective "cheap" and the adverb
"cheaply." In an otherwise fine front page editorial, today's Post,
referring to the young Americans under arms in Iraq, said "How ...

Bubba
I WILL BE SAILING IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS PAST ST.GEORGE ISLAND ACROSS
YOUR BAY AND DOWN TO TAMPA THEN TO THE KEYS.DO YOU KNOW ANY GOOD PUBS ON THE
WAY DOWN THE FORGOTTEN COAST

Interesting set, Charlie seems to prefer portraits. Notice he doesn't really
have any from Thursday afternoon, not that I can tell.
OTOH, I did tell him he'd better put his digital away before it got ruined,
Charlie got completely douched around 5 p.m. sitting on the high side, his

I have a nice Laser that only needs some rigging, but is otherwise complete.
Anyone in the NY area can pick this up for 500.00 or it will go up on ebay
shortly!
RB

http://tinylink.com/?CKODrqEmu9
Playing with the camera again, I think I saw this boat for the first time in
February, trying out the new Sigma 28-105mm f2.8-4 lens. Pretty sad, but the
good thing is, when I load the unaltered images to webshots, they

I read Bush signed a proclamation to regulate the anchorage and movement of
all vessels. It allows all vessels in US territorial waters to be boarded
and taken possession of without a warrant or crime being committed. It's
supposedly all part of the Homeland Security fiasco.......