Boat Forum / Sailing / November 2005

New boat soon and looking at connectors for cabling on the deck stepped
mast.
Dri-plugs seems to be good
we will have:

Planning to clean and anti-foul the hull in the next few weeks (Jeanneau Sun
Oddysey in moored in Brittany, sailed about 5-6 weeks a year). Noted big
difference in price of antifouling brands, for example International is
about twice the price of XM.  Is it worth paying the extra?  ...

I have inspection hatches on the sides of my diesel tanks. Currently they
have a rubber (might not actually be rubber) gasket sealing them, but one is
seeping slightly. I'm pretty sure if I tighten the bolts any more they will
shear. I think I need a stikaflex type sealant, but I ...

Mooron, I think you missed my query on the Nordica 30's nav station.
Being a proper seaboat, she must have a nav station with a well sized
chart table. Can I see a pic?
The 35s5 has a nice chart table....quite large and ample with stowage

My boat is sitting on the truck on City Island. Driving over in 45
minutes to get her blocked and winterized!
RB
WHOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!

Hey, everyone.  You have all sure been busy posting away here while I was
incommunicado.  We finally got phone service established here on our boat,
so I'm back to normal emailing.  Oh, yeah...I forgot to mention...we are now
living aboard Chanteuse, escaping the cold winter up in ...

Ooh Boy!   I tossed and turned all night, kept dreaming about
Bobs' new boat, BUT now it's Tuesday!!!
I bet they're unloading her right now!!!  I have goose bumps!
Hope he takes lots of pics.  Maybe he'll go sailing today?

This is from the website on his boat!!!! SOOOO BUSTED!!!!! It even
includes mention of Overspoof!
<<<The interior is finished with teak and the layout is generally
roomy... more so than most boats of this size and category.  The

My boat won't get here until Wednesday morning!!!!
RATS!!!! I already subcontracted my work for tomorrow.
Ah well....I'll have more time to play with Thomas and watch War of the
Worlds when he naps.

Mister Scott, full power to the sails! Ensign Sloco, install new toilet
paper in the holodeck! Yes, Lieutenant Mooron, that odd sensation you
feel is a boat that can get out if it's own way! Science Officer Doug,
stay away from those impulse power controls, this is a SAILboat,

I am setting up a new site for my sailing club.
If you think that your clubs site works well and
has useful content, please forward its url.
Brian Walker

Motor Trend just gave the Lincoln LS one of the worst value ratings of
all time!
http://www.intellichoice.com/reports/vehicleReport/vehicle_nmb/15606/type/new/ye
ar/2005/make/Lincoln/model/LS
Nice pick, Sloco! And 0-60 in 6.7 seconds????

I asked the guys at Sailing Anarchy about the backstayless racer and the
kite that we were discussing.  Check out the designers answer:
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/

just downloaded the Volvo Ocean Race viewer and, after install and
connection, AVG found a virus which included the terms phish and ebay.
Has anyone else noticed this?