Boat Forum / Cruising / April 2007

In Johns book "The Seaworthy offshore Sailboat" he states on page 35,
"an inner forestay needs to be opposed by running backstays."
  On page 41 he states "every stay on the forward side of the spar must
be backed up by another aft of the mast. So if you have an inner

Tom (whoever),
Back when you were being coy about your kind of boat, location, and name,
you teased me that I could figure it out from the Wentworth part of your
alias and that you weren't far away. We now know that the boat is a Bristol

Emergency services in Australia have launched a search for the three-
man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm
- Dennis Jay

the pump on my vacuflush toilet stay on.
any help would be appreciated.

Yesterday was another beautiful day at the Retired Old Sailors Boatyard.
Don't for one minute think that I am down on retired old sailors.. no way.
They know more than I ever will.  But.. they do move on their own clock.
So;  one old salt told me the personal history of the ...

http://englishrussia.com/?p=845#more-845
Larry
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Well, the ER refit/rehab is under way, with stringer replacement soon
to
come.  However, the leaking POS Raritan water heater is soon to find
its way

1998 BAYLINER CIERA EXPRESS 23' BOAT CABIN V8/ TRAILER
1998 BAYLINER CIERA EXPRESS 23' BOAT CABIN V8/ TRAILER
I saw this boat on Ebay, I've been trying to get one for a
while, do you guys recommend that?

I got down to the boat yesterday and found someone had shut off
the AC circuit on the dock... no big deal, I don't like it, but it
happens, so I switched it on. Later, when I returned that night, I was
reading, and noticed that the cabin lights seemed to be getting more

From:  http://www.samlmorse.com/  :
"The Sam L. Morse Company, the builder of two of the best blue water
cruisers in the world, the Bristol Channel Cutter and the Falmouth
Cutter, has decided to discontinue manufacturing.

It has occured to me over the last 4 days that the boatyard my boat is
stored at is UNFRIENDLY.
I haven't seen a smile in days.  Bunch of grumpy old jerks.
The lineup:  one English guy with a huge Cheoy Lee.  I've nicknamed him "The

Anybody out there using a combination rope/chain rode with a horizontal
windlass? Is it manual or electric ?
I'm curious how much of a hastle it is shifting the rode from rope drum to
gypsy. Do you retrieve a bit of chain on the rope drum to get enough tail

Donna Lange's 36 hour trick at the wheel was pretty impressive, especially
as she was already pretty beat up when it started. Last year, a professional
delivery captain took a friend's 45 foot Beneteau out of Bermuda with three
strong guys. Four days later, they were taking a 300 ...

I just tried out my sextant for a noon sight last weekend, and it
didn't seem to work out. Here's my "way of thinking" for how to use it
without the fancy tables:
At local noon at spring equinox (when the sun is directly over the

Greetings - the RPM gauge on my Perkins 4-108 isn't registering
anything.  Is this a mechanical gauge (driven by a cable) or is it
electrical.  If electrical where does it get the signal?  Suggestions
on where to start looking for the problem ard greatly appreciated.  -