Boat Forum / Cruising / October 2006

Does anyone have sail boat recommendations for a couple in their 80s?
Frankly, my dad has a lot of trouble moving quickly and so much less
strength that he makes me appear to be Atlas. He has tried powerboats
twice but frankly he loves to go out and sail on Long Island Sound.

Coming late to this party, and having dealt with a deadline for Cobra
conversion by gritting our teeth, grimacing and signing up, we have
another avenue to explore.
A full-time cruiser, just arrived in our boatyard where we're not quite

We are thinking about a charter in the Bahamas with crew for a family of
four.  Any ideas or references...cost?  All help appreciated.
thanks
marshall

Larry (or whoever else jumps in),
I know there was a recent thread on this but Google didn't turn up the
clear answer I'm looking for.
I know it's theoretically better to keep batteries on a trickle charge

Well, Magma sux.
We went to get our grill today, and two successive lid latches fell
apart on
exercising them. Back to the drawing board.

Who would like to meet at the boat show Nov 2,3,4,5?
- Allen

According to Catana's brochure:
..
Another important safety factor is the shape of the hulls and
the possibility of lifting up the daggerboards in heavy weather,

Several navies have introduced SWATH catamarans and found benefits like
high speed, stability, and fuel efficiency.  Worthwhile advantages, yet
no sailing versions of the SWATH concept seem to have emerged.  Anyone
know of any examples sailing anywhere?

Amazing how long it sometimes takes serious flaws to show up.
I went up to the boatyard today to take some sails from the boat to
the sailmaker and found that they had moved her into a slip from where
I had rafted alongside another vessel. When I stepped aboard, I saw

Working on positioning my winches.  The inboard port cabin top is an
electric #44 for the halyards and jib furler.  My problem is finding a place
for these 2 big deck switches.  They are like those big round deck switches
used on the foredeck for a windlass and there just is not ...

Found this info on the net, all about sheet to tiller self steering.  Since
I have a tiller  ,,
I read and re-read the web site info for the sheet to tiller set up..  I
still can't understand it.  The pictures don't help and there are no

The thread on anti-siphon valves remined me that three boats in Puerto
Vallarta had a PYI prop shaft seal slip forward and create a huge leak
in the last year or so. Two of them had extensive damage and nearly
sank at the dock before anyone noticed the problem. The third was

Good day to all of you group fellows,
I don't know if it has ever been discussed but i am curious to hear from
other's experience regarding this subject.  I'm 46 right now and i have
enjoyed several sailboat starting with small daysailer then to keel and last

I need to equip a sailing boat for battery charging for a single long haul
trip of about 35 days.
This will be a delivery trip for a boat that will not need any such
capability once it arrives at it's destination.  Much of the power

Ahoy, I can't even give the Buccaneer 210 away and I feel like I've
abused my landlord's generosity enough. It's on a serviceable trailer
in our yard. Does anyone know who to contact about getting rid of a
dirty old boat? Thanks as always.