Boat Forum / Sailing / August 2004

We are replacing some gear on our boat and have put the old items on e bay.
Partial list of items;
Flashlight
Various electronics

I picked up a Lee Sanitation brochure at the IWA rally at the weekend
and see that they are now selling SL400 toilet. Good chance that they
might do spares also.
Ian

1. What constitutes a "slow" boat.
2. Definition of the word "sea trial".
3. Blue-water sailing. Especially pathetic since BS claimed he didn't have a
"9-5" job, which eliminates the first excuse, not having time for offshore

I L O V E   bush.
Suzy

Can anyone please tell me of any lakes or reservoirs that I can sail on in
the South East of England. I live in Orpington near Bromley.
Cheers.

Is sideways force always exactly perpendicular to the boat's centerline, as
shown by the vectors in Sleight's Manual (link below)? Can the camber of the
sail be forced to shift that force slightly forward?
http://scout235.tripod.com/Sleight_p_31.jpg

Does anyone know if it is common to remove the injectors from a diesel
engine and have them serviced by a specialist on an annual (or
bi-annual) basis?
I have been told this should be a bi-annual job for my yacht but I'm

I am looking for a mast
44' for an Islander Freeport 36
and a 48 hp Perkins 4.108
Please advise on a place to find these items.

Hello all, I am a young man of 23 years looking for some more sailing
experience. I am looking for a career in the industry and I know that
experience is everything. I have about 1000 miles of blue water sailing and I
am trained through the UKSA in Cowes(RYA)  in Sea ...

I am looking for some decent Sailing forums.
I have had "the bug" for a sailboat for as long as I can remember and
now, living within an hour and half of Lake Lanier in Georgia (big
lake, lots of sailboats on it) I am REALLY wanting to get one.

Im doing a little project here in our marina and I was hoping you
might be able to help me.
What we are doing is trying to get an average of what the potential to
ground is in most marina's. Since you fine folks are spread out across

It's true!

I thought from the last post What did I do open Pandora's box . All I knew
was that a guy from NZ won our cup and got killed in some kind of
thievery.My question is now knowing that Sir Peter could have and very well
might have lived if he had let the guys with the AK walkaway.Does ...

Doug has released a newsflash!!! He says the Coronado 27 is a low end boat!
RB

Ok everyone... I take it back.... Oz is for real.
He sent me this picture of his new Girl friend/shipmate.
He said her name is babs. Not my type..... but OZ says he in love
http://www.lubery.com/store/catalog/SE-1981-01-3-B.jpg