Boat Forum / Cruising / October 2005

I've searched the newsgroups for any real world opinions on Skymate
(http://www.skymate.com) - but, can't really find anything that seems
persuasive.
Is there anyone out there who has experience with the system, or has

I am starting a long (years long mind you) search for a boat.  The
length of the search is mostly because my wife and I want to cruise in
about 10 years or so for a number of reason.  It would of course be
cool to cruise now, but the long wait affords me the pleasure of taking

http://kindred-spirit.net/morgan43/arch/archradar.html
This shows the design of a radar arch for a Mogan  sailboat with a
prototype build from PVC.  It has a nice innovation of seats added to
the pushpit.  Well done....Lots of good size images

I have a friend who is very interested in a 1984,  38 foot Pan Oceanic
cutter, apparently designed by Ted Brewer. He says he hasn't had much
luck finding information out about the boat in general, like build
quality, comparable selling values, weak points, etc.

Do you know the hidden truth of cruise lines? If you wonder, chech my
webpage.
www.cruisingtruth.com
regards.

Been shopping a portable GPS unit for my newly acquired 25' cruiser.  This
seems to have the right features, i.e. no download (maps included on CD) and
use for road and marine.  Anybody else have good or bad experience with this
unit?

I suggest looking at this quickly before it's moved off for new
content:
http://cbs4boston.com/local/local_story_299081616.html
I haven't been able to find any news about the boat.  If anyone knows,

I am trying to find an AC->DC converter so I can turn my enclosed porch
into a "boat".  I would like to run some marine cabin lights, a VHF,
and eventually a SSB radio.  Has anyone done this and can recommend a
particular converter?

While recently lowering my mast it fell forwards partially pulling the
rivets out where the mast joins the bottom bracket. I think that I have
two options to repair this. One is to drilll out the rivets cut off the
botton 1cm ,or so, of the mast to a point just above the old rivets ...

While Wilma was passing us here in Satellite Beach yesterday, the water in
our canal rose about 4 ft above normal.
A neighbor had his jet boat (oversized jet ski) on the lift but not tied to
the dock. After the boat traveled around that side of the canal a bit, he

We bought a 8gph watermaker in the Spring and got quite a deal,
remanufactured by a highly reputable company.
I'm now close to installing, and in my research, I've read several
places that the pickling process is only good for 3 months or so.

Just purchased a 14'G3 1448LW jon boat that weighs 233 pounds with a
70" beam, 48" bottom width, 21" side depth and a total capacity of 820
pounds.  90% of the time the boat will carry two persons with a
combined weight of 395 pounds.  Interested in putting around small to

http://tinyurl.com/72f63
Thinking of names....
"A fool and his money"
or

OK, my brother just bought a boat this summer and had a  lot of fun
with it.
now he's giong to store it away.   It has a v-4 Evinrude 115 horse on
it.

Looking for a copy (iso) of Visual Passage Planner 2 - I will trade the
below i your option.
Lloyds Maritime Atlas CD Version
All Pilot Charts World Wide CD Version (all month available)