Boat Forum / Cruising / February 2007

There is a guy there that routinely hassles transiting boaters with no
FL registration. Never mind that you can pass through FL without FL
numbers, he will give you a ticket anyway. Here are some comments and
people to write if this concerns you.

This auction is for my Eygthene 24 by Ron Holland
.Built in 1973 by Ron Holland,she has a GRP hull .
The engine is a Vire 7 Inboard 7 hp engine which was overhauled in
2006.

With too much time on my hands this last week I blondered on to a mil
contract request. Go to the link and ask your self, why does the usn
need to train a SBT in offshore crusing???
"...Live-Abroad Offshore Sailing..."

It is almost spring .. and I am thinking of a grill.
What grill, and what model and what mount and why .. etc.
Tally ho

I have been intrigued by the discussion of anchoring -- especially the
thought of rigging an anchor so one can drop it off the bow from the
cockpit. Thinking about spin pole, cleats, hatches, etc., I wonder if
anyone has figured out the best ways to accomplish this maneuver with

I am not sure which is better the Dutchman or Lazy jack Sail Flaking
Systems.
Other prefer to have  in the mast main fuller for cruising.
I am looking at this new boat and cannot make up my mind which system to

A website has been set up to help find him.
http://www.helpfindjim.com/

This group has helped me before and I can't understand what the deal
is with digital charts, whether raster or enc.  I can go into any
local map shop, chandlery, marine supply place and buy any nautical
paper chart that was produced by the Australian Hydrographic Office

My anchoring technique when sailing solo has always been pretty laughable.
At least for observers anyway.  For some reason, it never occured to me that
i could anchor from any place on the boat other than the bow.  anchoring in
isolated places usually went ok;  a quick sprint to ...

I saw a tide clock on ebay today, had a single hand with a 'high' at the
top, a 'low' at the bottom and that was pretty much it.  All this for the
bargan price of AU$70.
It occured to me that all it was, is a standard analogue clock with the

I am planning on singlehanding from the Virgins to Key West via the
Old Bahama Channel.  I am concerned about places to anchor and rest on
the trip to be sufficiently alert for traffic and narrow channels.  I
do not want to clear in  DR or Bahamas to save money and time.  Anyone

Verizon has informed me that it will stop all Analog service.  I have
been using a pocketmail device which only works with an analog phone
and a bag phone.  Does anyone know of any work-arounds for this or
should just drop the pocketmail account?

As some know, I'm looking for a 28-ft sailboat, probably an Islander
28. I've seen several in California that look in sailable condition
and in my price-range. Looks like it would cost around $4000CDN or so
to ship one up, so I was thinking...

OK,
First it was a Catalina 27. Then, an Ericson 27. Now, I'm considering
Islander 28 or Crown 28. Here's my Take so far:
Catalina 27: kinda cheaply made, but fast, especially upwind in light air