Boat Forum / Cruising / March 2004

I will be chartering a 42 foot power yacht in mid may from Ft. Myers Florida
and the suggestions from the school are to consider making docking
reservations at any planned destinations.   How likely is this to be
necessary that time of year?  Any suggestions on destinations within a ...

Hi- does anyone know of a web site where I could view charts of the ICW?
TIA, Michael

I'm working out a few details of my summer '04 trip up the Inside Passage
and it looks like I will have time to go as far as Glacier Bay and take a
look at some ice.
Does anyone have any recommendations of what inlets or glaciers that make it

I'm relatively new to boating and a frequent reader of this group.  Last
year was exceptionally hard to plan trips because the weather was
less than cooperative. I'm in Calvert county MD and spend most of my time on
the Chesapeake Bay  Chance of showers and thunderstorms was the ...

Does anybody have a good system of hand signals for anchoring, i.e. a
means for the person on the bow handling the anchor to communicate
speed and direction to the helmsman without having to yell it out?
This would be for my wife and I where she is typically at the helm

I have a brand new spinnaker never been used with a squeezer snuffer it is
blue and white with the sail number 67 on it, it measures 8.2m from head to
tack and was made for a 25 foot westerly.
reply to fragged8 at hotmail.com

i'm looking for a decently priced dock slip on the magoothy (or in the
near area)for my 18' power boat. if anyone has a dock that they are
willing to rent a slip or have any other ideas i would greatly
appreciate the help. thank you  in advance.

After several years of looking and saving  I am finally ready to buy my
first boat. Ive looked at boats from 26 to 34 ft and based on advice from
many people here I am
eliminating everything over 30' as too big for a first boat.

From other members of the news group thoughts and
experience am I missing something or is this something
that can be carried out providing there is care with
a reasonable degree of ease and safety.

As a result of the "imagine your boat upside down" exercise, I'd like
to figure out a way to hold down the two plug-type lids for the
refrigerator and freezer. They are plugged into the galley countertop
so I'd like to not have much or anything screwed into the counter top

Hi , i was wondering if there is any danger to fry the magneto of an
outboard 40hp  Suzuki engine if install 2  12 volts battery in parallel .
I do use lots of 12 volt equipments on the pontoon, so i figured that 2
batteries would be better and last longer .Last year a battery died ...

In addition to smaller boats such as the new Mac 25M, I'm also looking
at other options. There seem to be some great buys on used larger boats
in our area, and in the same price range as a new Mac 26 or lower, there
are some nice boats in the 32 to 34 foot range.  I prefer a ...

Hello again all,
Today's issue:
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I have a spare anchor that came with the boat that I'd like to return to

"Anchoring OUT"? Where else? "In"?
"Go DOWN BELOW"! How far?
"UP ABOVE"! How high?
"It went IN the water." Are you sure?

Hi,,anyone have any opinions or experience with a Doral 270 SC.. I am
looking at a 1998 MPI 7.4 Merc with bravo III with 200 hours.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks