Boat Forum / Cruising / September 2005

Some cruising guides to fairly remote places close a chapter by saying
things like, "limited facilities may be found at the Sterling Gnurl
Yacht Club" and such. How does this work? Can any yabo tie their
sh.t-stained craft to the pier having survived a crossing? Do you need

http://www.paticat.com/googleearth.html
"The following is a link to a special Google Earth file which has been
a labor of love during the last couple of months. I have spent hours
reading our journals and logs and created detailed tracks of our

We are going to be crusing the San Juan Islands in Sept in a 32'
dual Diesel cruiser from Anacortes WA.  Any suggestions on a suitable
itinerary for this time of year?
We have not been to the San Juans before.

Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull material- and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of us.
What should I look for in a boat?

I'm interested in taking an Islander 41 ( full keel, 5' draft, 13.5
beam, ketch, 100horse chrysler-nissan, 22,000lb, 7000 ballast ) to the
Antilles. I'd like to ne there by new years but have heard march is the
month from one respected source while others say it's not that bad. I

  I am ever increasingly annoyed by the attitude and shear number of
baby boomer cruisers I have to encounter in my cruising travels.
  They are like cockroadhes everywhere, spreading their vile attitudes
and generally bringing down the quality of life of all world cruisers

there is a new group called  "Cruisers with kids" on google. Just type
in  Cruisers with kids in the google search and you will get it.

Can anybody tell me where to find the HIN on a Catalia 22?
Thanks
Gordon

I looked around but I could't find any one site that listed the hidden
costs of cruising, region by region. It seems after the boat and
equipment the largest expense is permits, check in/out fees, anchoring
fees, visa charges, custom's clearance etc. Is there a comparative

I would be extremely interested in a comparison of the Fleming 55 and
the Marlow 53 or 55.  I am repositioning from a life of sailing to
cruising and I want to make sure that I "get it right" the first time.
I think I am leaning toward the Fleming, but I could really use some

Has anyone used this system either with or without their Amsoil 15-40W
marine diesel oil in  a turbo diesel? I seek research, experience and
opinions on the issue.
Capt. Jeff

I have a set of 6v92's in my sea ray 540 sundancer the port engine
starts popping at around 1900 r.p.m.'s anybody had any experience with
these engines that might know what could casue this problem?  Thanks
Jason Armstrong

I posted this at the other boating NG and it was never answered (the first
post to the thread was a flame....go figure).  :-)
So I will give this NG a go.
In the past when I had twin drives I had the marina complete all my

With my VHF tranmitting at 25 watts, I can easily reach out from one
side of Chesapeake Bay to the other in most places.
At the 1 watt setting, who knows?
For the sake of discussions, let's say on a clear day from my VHF

what's better & why??