Boat Forum / Cruising / September 2007

Was this Willie boy?
  http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20070930/NEWS/709300305
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I have a nesting 2-paw-9 dinghy for my 28' sailboat that I have always
rowed.  For the oars, I have used the type of oarlocks that attach to
the oars and then insert into a female socket on the dinghy.  I like
this because there is nothing that can get lost; the oarlock is

Has anyone heard from them?

I have a boat with twin 350 hp Crusader gas engines.  I would like to
cruise this boat between Florida and the Bahamas.  It will be optimal
for me to cross the Gulf Stream at high cruising speeds to get out of
harms way, then reduce to a very slow speed when moving around the

I have for sale an SGC SG-2000 ADSP2 (Digital Singal Processing) 150
watt HF transceiver.
This Unit is for both Amateur radio and Marine radio use.
It transmitts and receives CONTINUOUSLY from 1.8 Mhz to 30 Mhz with no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDToL593cmU
The sailing on youtube just gets better'n better....(c;
Larry

Four crew members were missing from a boat found adrift and two
passengers, one of them a fugitive from Arkansas, were being
questioned by federal authorities after they were rescued in the
Florida Straits near Cuba. Kirby L. Archer, 35, of Strawberry, Ark.,

What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?
SBV

We cruise on our Gulfstar Auxillary 41 centre cockpit.  Our bimini is now
old and will need replacing this season.  I have been thinking of replacing
with a hard bimini that will last longer than a sunbrella one, allow the
mounting of solar panels, water collection & other cockpit ...

Does anyone here have any actual first hand experience with painting
anodized spars?
I would like to replace the boom on my boat but the only section available
is anodized and the spar company says the coating would have to be removed

           I need a bit of advice on an issue we're having starting
our boat up.
We purchased a 95 Sea Ray Sundancer a few months ago that came with a
two year old 5.0 Mercruiser and recently replaced manifolds. All went

We're going to be in or near Chesapeake City in a couple of days.
Does anyone have recommendations for restaurants and/or dockage in
that area?  The boat is a Grand Banks 49 trawler drawing 5 1/2 ft. How
much room is in the anchorage area?

It's not on a chart that I can see.  I don't think it's a ship.
There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have.  An oil spill?
It could be just a smudge on the picture.  There's a few more blobs
like it just to the south.

Hello Group!!
Im  a newbie and i was thinking of buying a rinker 1989 186 captiva
for my first boat...i wanna use it to tube and ski with my family.
Does anyone have any feedback about his boat? any suggestions as to

Be careful who you let alongside your boat....
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5f_1190609416
Larry