Boat Forum / Sailing / February 2008

Can "trying" really be considered an accomplishment? Or is trying just a
nice word that describes the beginning of a process but has little or no
inherent worth of its own?
Captain Joe of the erstwhile steel sailing vessel "Red Clown" seems to feel

Hello readers please take a moment to view the following:
A 17 m yacht "Melanie" was recently destroyed in a sudden and violent
storm, please go to http://www.lostyacht.org for pictures and more
information. (this is a donation site)

Morning from Ottawa (Canada),
For the past 10 years I enjoyed sailing/racing Albacore and Laser. However,
as of next season I will be with a club that own CL16 and RS Feva. Having
never experience them on the water, can some tell me if they are good racing

hi guys, i am writing a fictional story about someone who sails from
Canada, Halifax to Jamaica, based on a friend's real journey. i have
been reading lots of sailing books but i can't seem to find much about
this particular route. I would be graciously appreciative if any

Hello readers please take a moment to view the following:
A 17 m yacht "Melanie" was recently destroyed in a sudden and violent
storm, please go to http://www.lostyacht.org for pictures and more
information. (this is a donation site)

An ebay item;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150219017829&ssPageNam
e=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005
ATB

Looks like they were successful in knocking down the busted satellite...
only cost $60M.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/02/20/satellite.shootdown/index.html

Aloha!
We are looking to buy matching shirts for our whole crew.
The Henri Lloyd Fast Dri Featherweight SS and the Dry Shirt are the two main
options.

Celebrity Chainsaw Death Match !
Given these two sailboat people posted in detail their sailing
plans........
And given the results of Skip's and Joe's voyages........

I have steel water tanks on my boat (www.jassira.com) that are still solid
but the insides are a bit mucky and rusty. My plan is to line the inside
with glass fiber. . I have woven cloth, polyester resin, gel coat and a
waxing agent that when mixed to the gel coat allows it to ...

Binary Bill (Barnacle Bill and many other aliases) was right when he derided
Joe for being a lamer.
Since Joe became a bad example and demonstrated how to do everything wrong
including abandoning ship prematurely and calling for a costly, dangerous

I sail at a small club on the south coast, launching from a mixed
shingle/sand beach. The haul back up to the club isn't too far, but
it's steep enough. I'm not all that strong so don't want a boat that's
too heavy.

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Roger Long

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/StriderFuelSystem.htm#FOtank
It's worth two plastic jerry cans lashed to the lifelines which is a bigger
deal on a 32 foot boat than it might be on a larger vessel.
The 12 gallon tank has a 1/4" thick bottom and 3/16" sides and top.  It's