Boat Forum / Cruising / April 2005

I'm just full of questions today,
Can anyone recommend a good air purifier/cleaner/filter that runs on
12v?
Mostly I'm interested in removing the dust from the air.  We don't

Hi I'm a newbie at wiring stereos so please bear
with me. On my boat I installed a new Kenwood receiver and a new Sony
CD changer. Connected to an older (6 yr.) Kenwood equalizer ans Sony
3040 that's the name amp. I've installed new speakers outside, checked

This sailboat was made in the 1970's and early 1980's, with the last
few years of production by Glastron.  Supposedly they were produced in
Austin TX for a while.
I'm having a hard time finding much of anything about them on Google,

Seems like there are advantages to getting your outboard prop deep in the water, so
under certain wavy conditions, it will not come out of the water.  There must be some disadvantages
to putting it down too far, short of having the carburetor sucking
up water.  How far down can you ...

Here's a link I just found.
http://206.131.241.61/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=008434
Jax is SUCH a anal orifice!!
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!

Have you any news about your friend?
John Cairns

  I wuz playin with my GPS when I glanced over at the globe and
starting thinking (always a dangerous thing).  Wouldnt it be
interesting to set up a GPS to always point out the direction of the
shortest distance to a given point on earth from your location.  Note

Does anyone know anything about Kelvin & Hughes, "HUSAN" sextants?
I see these from time to time but have no familiarity with the name, as
I do with Tamaya, Cassens & Plath, Astra, Freiberger, etc.
Any info appreciated.

I'm looking for a grill for my boat, and have been actively asking
around for months.  Everyone seems to dislike at least a couple of
things about their grills -
1.  They are hard to keep lit in the wind

We are planning to cruise in a 25 ft powerboat from somewhere in
Penobscott Bay to the St John River, NB during the last two weeks of
July. We need some advise on where to stay along the way, and what to
watch for.

This would be worth giving up sailing for a few weeks to do some canal
boating.
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/

What's happened to their newsgroup site?  It is all gibberish.
G

I would like opinions from you boat wizards familiar with Zen and outboards.
My Nissan 3.5 drives my small Portaboat around nicely but its user
manual and the label on the fuel tank disagree. The manual tells me to
use 25:1 fuel:oil ratio and the label says 50:1.  I've been ...

What is the maximum length of boat that can be trailered without
running into constant parking and turning hassles at ramps?  Forget
weight and assume it is a fairly light boat.

It might be a stupid question to some of you old salts but hey I have
lived in Nebraska and Colorado all my life. The biggest body of water
close to my house is the stock tank by the windmill.
I have read about quite a few Ocean crossings in sailboats but I have