Boat Forum / Cruising / January 2005

A couple of weeks ago I posted a plea for advice re removing
old thru-hulls. The boat, as you may recall, is a Yankee 30,
built in 1974.
As an update, and in hope it might help another new sailor, I'm posting

I just got a new laptop with wi - fi aka wireless LAN.  Wow is all I
can say.  After moving a couple of times in Christiansted, St Croix,  I
got myself in a hotspot where I can connect and stay connected in the
cockpit, downloading files at 3 MB per minute.  Using web mail and

With all the recent discussion about wind and wave estimates, I have to pass
along this experience.
It's blowing hard here in Maine today. I went out to the airport to check my
plane and was glad I did. The cabin cover had come loose and was beating

I was watching the NBC nightly news tonight and they stated that the
rotation of the Earth was effected by the tsunami.  According to the report
the day of the tsunami was slightly shorter than standard day, which would
mean that the roation increased slightly.  They didn't state ...

For the last four years and three computers, I've had two serial
periphals to interface with ship's laptop.  A GPS and a PTC IIe Pactor
modem.  The first two of the laptops had a DB-9 input and I used a
belkin serial to USB adaptor.  XP seems to have a habit of not

Article Publication Date: 12/30/2004
Lake Erie’s death waves
They’re not as destructive as a tsunami, but a Lake Erie seiche can kill
CARL E. FEATHER / Feather Multimedia

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A little while back, I was on my computer having a grand old time, just
like you are now and came across an article similar to this that said

This from the Idaho Mountain Express,,,, and e-mail from a fellow
cruiser who experienced the tsunami,,,,
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?issue_date=12-31-2004&ID=200411568
T. Sanders

Curiosity?  Should not the Tsunami wave affect a high seas cruising
boat?  I have seen no mention of it anywhere; but would have thought
there would be some damage to boats at sea.  ??
- Art

After my solo one day cruise from Carabelle to Shell Pt, Fl in which my
engine died, I managed to get the engine to run again but was
immediately distracted by my 14 yr old son getting busted for smoking
pot at school.  Having decided to have him with me 24/7 to prevent