Boat Forum / Cruising / June 2004

What is the best line for towing a dinghy?
I have seen somewhere on the net a multifilament polypropylene dinghy tow
rope that looks a lot like braided line but it is poly and floats. Assume
this would be good. But can't seem to find it. If I recall it was yellow

I lost my leg to a salt water croc.  Don't ever assume it can't happen to you.

I have been mulling over the idea of re-routing my water tank vents
from the bilge to an overboard thru-hull vent.  I would like to stop
from filling my bilge with water everytime i fill my tanks.
Some people have expressed concern that it opens up the risk of

got hold of an aristocraft w/a merc i/o setup for free( i haul i can have..)
does any one know anything about this boat good or bad. i dont know what
year it is,  but the glass seems to be in good shape minus cosmetics.
engine is a different story, ants living in it..

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genee/rickie claim that oil pumps have to spin for some time to draw a prime.
I am trying to visualize how an oil pump draws a prime, particularly on oil at
say 15 degrees.  In order to draw a prime the pump would have to evacuate the
air above the oil and below the pump, the ...

gene/rickie, take a look at the bearing that bears the legion (big words, I
know, but deal with it)
"Since oil is the medium used to separate the rotating shaft from the bearing,
without oil pressure (which can be as high as 6,000-8000 psi), the journal

I am trying to keep up a list of sailing and cruising logs on the net
at http://cruisenews.net .  The current logs are in the Ships at Sea
section, and the past logs are in the Voyage Logs section.
Do you know of any sailing and cruising websites online which should

So this Hunter 33' was a liveaboard, everything on that end "works," but
it hasn't been sailed for a long time and when it was there looks to be
some slightly, um irregular items used.
Anyway, it doesn't have a roller furling, but it has a (foil)? on the

Recently visited the Keys via boat. While navigating the Intra-coastal
I notice that the green-red channel markers were backwards from all my
other boating experience(inland). Does anyone know the logic behind
this or can tell me where I went wrong in my thinking?

does anyone have any electrical hook-up diagrams for the trident
sensors?
stephen scheiding
sparky@infostations.com

pay attention to pages three, seven, eight and ten.
http://www.eci2fly.com/Tech_Ref/BreakInInstructions/BI04-2004.pdf

I have a 50 HP 4JH engine which is suffering about a 30-40% loss of
power.  I cleaned the fuel, changed the Racor and the engine filter,
and cleaned the fuel injectors. THe engine will run up to 3500 RPM in
neutral but in forward or reverse only about to 1500 RPM, thus I am

We are planning on heading down to San Diego this Aug and plan to
catch the Baja Haha at the end of Oct. Looking for recommendations on
places to tie up for second half of Sept and all of Oct. We have 2
kids ages 6 and 10 and want to enjoy some of Southern California

I was thinking of doing some sailing in Nova Scotia this summer, but I've been
unable to locate any place that charters bareboat sailboats.  I found some
references to places that don't seem to be in business anymore.  I contacted a
couple of tourist agencies to no avail.  Anyone ...