Boat Forum / Sailing / October 2004

My wife and I are looking for our first boat to learn to sail.  We've mostly
looked at MacGregors and Catalinas, but someone's selling a 21' San Juan for
$1,300.  The price sounds great and the boat looks good, but I haven't heard
of a San Juan.  I've Googled them and learned ...

Following on a little on the electric boats theme last week, I'm thinking of
adding a solar panel to keep my two 80Ah batteries alive. The idea is I can
come down for a sail with the confidence that I have a pair of pretty
healthily charged batteries aboard.

http://www.ashleysstory.com/
BTW Jon, Bush did not endorse this message.
If you have not seen it, Take the time to.
Joe

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/28/halliburton/index.html
Something out of the days of Boss Tweed.
John Cairns

After all these years and having finally bought  a cruiser, I suppose I'd
better find out how to licence an on-board VHF radio. (I've had my licence
since I was 18)
Where do I go for info, applications and other details such as costs?

Kerry served in a war defending his country. Bush did not. It doesn't matter
how long Kerry served or how he got out. He went into combat. Bush did not.
Kerry was there and then returned to join the growing protests against the war,
which is his RIGHT AS A FREE AMERICAN. No American ...

I just purchased a set of used mooring whips for my ODay 28.  I don't
have any instructions, and am unsure as to how to tie tie up to them.
How are the whip lines afixed around the rigging, i.e., does the bow
line go in front of the forestay and the stern line aft of the backstay?

Capt Neal stopped posting here when he found out he had colon cancer. Rumors
that he sold Cut the Mustard were not true. The boat is on the hard somewhere.
I have no idea if he is even still alive, but the cancer was far enough along
that he took drastic and quick action.

The Bush/Cheney Govt allowing Bin Laden to walk away?
Hell, by the time they realised it, he was probably holed up in his NY
apartment!
Oz1...of the 3 twins.

That clown, and his advisors have totally lost the plot!
http://tinyurl.com/6lghe
Dubya takes Australia offline
By staff writers and wires

Beat the rush. Find out about the woman who replaced Katherine Harris,
now a member of Congress, as Florida's secretary of state. In the
aftermath of 2000, Florida decided to make the secretary of state a
gubernatorial appointee, rather than an elected official, although it

Can anyone recommend a marine surveyor with experience of steel yachts
anywhere near Anglesey?
Ta
Padz AT dsl.pipex.com

My wife watched Titanic the other night, I sat down for the 'crash'
scene.  When they spotted the ice cube, they yelled 'hard to
starboard, but it looked to me like they turned the wheel to port.
Then the order 'hard to port' was given and , to me, they turned to