Boat Forum / Cruising / March 2007

I am looking for tested rope system allowing single-handed operations
from 4 pile mooring (including bad weather conditions). We have 26
feet yacht (keeler).
PILE 1          PILE 2

Destination: Mauretania, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome, Namibia, South
Africa.
I'm trying to find as much navigational information as I can.
Till now I have found the west african Pilot by Steve Jones, NOAA and

Here are a couple of notes I sent out earlier this week. Thought you
guys would be interested in the story, video and pix. This was in
League City, TX, just South of Houston.
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Read down the "from:" line in the "Atmospheric CO2 -- a different view"
thread and take note of the handful of names participating. These people
would bore a stone to death. Typical blowhards who don't really care
about much of anything, let alone the truth, but they're so very ...

See photo here:
http://www.donnalange.com/
Come on, Donna, how about a little truth in advertising?  I can buy the
first part but the second line is a little hard to believe:)  Didn't you

Read down the "from:" line in the "Atmospheric CO2 -- a different view"
thread and take note of the handful of names participating. These people
would bore a stone to death. Typical blowhards who don't really care
about much of anything, let alone the truth, but they're so very fond ...

Intending to start my spring work, I went up to Marinette WI were I keep
Essie, about a 40 minute drive up the western shore of Green Bay. Had lunch,
went to the marina, found that during the past few weeks in which we
actually had winter snow, someone has been shoveling the snow ...

I just read a directive from Cummins stating it was OK to mix your
used oil up to 5% in your fuel in their non-electronic engines. This
is to dispose of the oil in an environmentally responsible fashion,
sincrease lubricity, save fuel and it's a convenient way to get rid of

With my eye on it's automatic zone-larm I am planning on installing a
Furuno 1623.
Some time ago I have read somewhere that users drilled a hole in the
fot of the dome in order to let condensed water pass. Anyone here with

Those of you not around for the last many years will/have miss(ed) Jax
Ashby's usual vitriol and ad hominem attacks mixed in with occasional
nuggets of accuracy and experience. Whether he's taking the medically
recommended vacation from high-blood-pressure-induced participation,

I know that this possibly has a simple answer that everyone but me
knows, but is there any way I can prevent the unslightly brown "rust"
marks on my white hull paint from a welded fabricated stainless steel
fitting that is bolted on with stainless bolts?

I wouldn't want anyone thinking of buying a boat to read some of the posts
about the FP saga and get the idea that there actually is any such thing as
equity in a used boat. Maybe in the very narrow sense of being the amount of
principle paid down on a purchase loan but not in ...

Can't get off this e-mail list, advice?
i have sent numerous e-mails to unsubscribe to no avail. anyone ever
tried to stop getting e-mails from this group?

Has anyone ever heard of Edson pedestal steering gear chains breaking?  I
ordered new steering cables from them a couple days ago and they talked me
into a new chain which they say should be replaced every 5 years.  He made a
good case, crevice corrosion, etc., so I went along.   ...

I bought some perkins injectors on e-bay for spares. The ones on my
engine are stamped "GY". The ones from e-bay are stamped "BE". they both
look the same.  Will they work on my old 4-108??? If not, what do they fit.
thanks