Boat Forum / Cruising / December 2004

Datamarine link 5000 display? WTB or Repair
I have this combo instrument on my boat and it's generally fine except for
the display unit which is messed up (broken switches, corroded etc). I'm
looking for a replacement or a repair shop

I thought I could find anything on the Internet but I was wrong.
Does anyone know a source of standard outboard motor dimensions?  I want to
design a boat with an internal well for a motor in the 10 hp range.  A link
to an online plan for a boat with a well that lets the motor be ...

anyone use the 90/10 system to watch tv while on boat, which sat tv provider do
u use?

Has anyone seen Gandalf the Green? It was off the coast of Thailand
recently.
TIA

I will be chartering in the BVI next summer and would like some advice
on the boat options.  It seems that the options are Beneteaus, Jeanneaus
and Bavarias.
I've heard that the Sun Odysseys need better ventilation in the

Is anyone  familiar with "Rocky Channel" going north from the
Marathon/Bahia Honda area?  It looks like it has deeper water than Big
Spanish Channel which is a little further west.  Rocky Channel appears
to have no navigational aids however which means that you would need

Look at this to find out about a REAL tsunami!
http://www.benfieldhrc.org/CentreNews/press%20releases/tsunami.htm
Capt. Jeff

I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat in
a cove with no docks or other facilities.  If this is something that might
interest you, you can follow the progress here:
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

any thoughts on the seafarer 38 plus and minus

In the process of planning a possible spring and/or summer cruise in
Long Island Sound and nearby, after shipping "Gambier," a Eastbay 43,
drawing four feet, by truck from Ft. Lauderdale to probably northern NJ
for offloading and pick-up, I am asking for suggestions and comments

What percentage of manufacturer's suggested retail
should I offer for a 2003 Tayana sailboat which is
in good condition and has only been used as a demo ?
I know that the average selling price for brand new

Ellen MacArthur has just broken another solo record.
She's done it, another record...after beating Francis Joyon's time to the
Equator, and then to Cape of Good Hope, Ellen has sailed B&Q to another
record by passing the longitude of Cape Leeuwin (SW Australia) at 2215gmt

If you where headed there for a year and did not plan to buy one meal
at a resturant or bar, 26ft sailboat, shallow draft, what kind of money
would you need? assuming you anchored out, never at a marina, returned
to Florida once every 3/4 months for supplies and had a quite ...

for a small microwave for a boat, what wattage inverter do u need and what will
it draw in terms of amps to start and run the microwave?

I'm looking for info on the interior headroom of cats and tris.  I want
to find one that has a minimum of 6'6" but is still small enough to be
singlehanded.  Designers and brokerages only seem to list "standing
headroom" which means absolutely nothing since I'm much taller than the