Boat Forum / Cruising / May 2005

Miami Beach 72-hour Anchoring Ordinance
On April 20, 2005 cruising sailors suffered another blow to their anchoring
rights when the Mayor and City Commissioners of Miami Beach, Florida
unanimously passed a bill prohibiting anchoring within city limits for

What do you think about the Jarcat CC29 Catamaran for use in cruising
the Caribean?  Seems to have a lot of interior space versus overall size
and the web site indicates decent performance.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rhturner/index.html

I have changed props (and even shafts) in the water on other boats, using a
snorkel and mask. However, I'm now almost 68 and can't stand the 50 deg.
water of Puget Sound. (my wet suit no longer fits, I wonder why?).
Background: I always carry a spare prop, key, nut, cotter pin, ...

The intake for my head appears to be clogged, or at least partially
clogged.
I'm having a diver clean the bottom soon, and I'll have him be extra
sure to check the thru-hull,

Well, seems Capt. KNEEL has now resorted to pretending to be other
people and posting under their names.
Folks, if a post sounds obnoxious, just check the header (view
header..the menu item differs depending on the newsgroup reader you use)

It's just a typical 18ft. runabout with inboard 4 cyl 140 mercruiser.
it ahs an inboard tank which I'm really not sure of the total capacity.
maybe 8-10 gal. I'd like to add an extra fuel tank or so, and was
wondering if it's actually legal to do so via coast guard approval.

I've put together ten questions to test how well you've
understood my attempts over the past decace to educate one and
all on the care
and feeding of marine waste systems.