Boat Forum / Cruising / September 2004

My wife has come to terms with buying a new boat.
(This after the lady was towed in three out of four times she was with me!)
In all fairness, I have been out on my old Signa (1970) with Johnson 100HP
OB many times without incident.

They are in Ford City, PA and they basically dry clean the sails and then
re-resin the sails.

I'm wondering if anyone has ever had a chance to try one of the
electric power winch handles available.  We were considering powered
winches for the primaries to make it easier for my wife to grind when
the air is heavy.  Before committing the funds to those winches, we

Thank you.
Courtney

If you are planning or you are aleady underway via the ICW or ocean to
mid east coast of Florida or to FL west coast north of Ft. Meyers and
to Panhandle area of NW FL and west, the best advise anyone can give
and take is to stay away. The people whose marinas and boats were

i'm looking for reed valves for a '89 OMC seadrive motor (140HP),
Evenrude doesn't carry the parts anymore, an ideas where i could find
this part in the great white north
Bryan Bingham

Somewhere in the past someone posted a source of 6 volt batteries in
Washington State.  A farm supply chain store I believe.  Naturally I lost
the address.  Any help?
TIA

Spent the summer refinishing because the weather was crap here in
Upstate NY.
I've updated my picturetrail site with a new album showing the boat
with all the old finish removed, just prior to applying six coats of

Whilst in Palma recently, I saw a Motor Yacht Moecca.  A Catamaran with a
green hull. Can anyone point me to some details and a picture or two please?
Many thanks in advance.
Mike

Helping friend prepare for trip south to the Caribbean from Saint
John, New Brunswick.
Wanted rubber dingy - 8 to 10 feet long.
Departure planned for November 1.

Hurrican Ivan caused some significant damage to the teak caprails and
rub rails on our Pan Oceanic 43.  Would like to hear from anyone
knowing of a skilled and knowledgeable teak/wood repair ficility or
individual, preferably in the Florida area.

Hey guys whats going on? I used to have a 23' wellcraft nova and
fueling was a breeze. I upgraded to a 31' silverton and would like to
know if there are extra precautions while fueling and using the
blower.

more because of gales and other bad weather than anything else i've
just completed a four week new zealand to norfolk island solo voyage
and was wondering if other folk who have spent a similar period of
time alone at sea find the ropes talking to them after a couple of

All,
Is there any out there, or know of someone I could dialog with about tranny
and drive options for the Chrysler 318 engine. My current setup has Dana
drives and they are scarce and parts are expensive. Although a nice diesel

I am trying to avoid a costly mistake for someone.  The Coast Guard failed
to notify them months ago of problems with documentation and now it looks
like it will take 2-3 months for the Coast Guard to get the papers to them.
So...they of course want to sail!