Boat Forum / Cruising / November 2007

Hey, check out that NorPac Low heading our way......
maybe.......   :)
http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/P_96hrbw.gif

After your wise counsel Roger, we hit the rounds with Customs in
Washington, and the USCG Vessel document center in W.V. and MARAD
again. Since RedCloud is trading with other countrys she had to be on
the Registry, and since she is not going from port to port in the USA

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The
ceremony
 wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
 A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you,

This is a riot. The M.V. Explorer had a passenger list of global warming
alarmists who were on their way to the Antarctic to observe the results of
global warming. These 100 or so w.nkers hit an iceberg and sank.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahahahhahahahahah. Tourist ship hits an ...

these guys have an awesome solution www.internetforboats.com   no need
for a silly satelite dish as well..

I just posted to Scott and Rosalie about the subject of weather.  I
spend alot of time on open water.
I am not retyping my full content.
But I just wanted to thank you, enjoyed both of your comments.

25 knot gusts predicted for today but that's not a real big deal for
"Strider".   My son and I were planning a daysail. The main is still double
reefed under the cover (Yeah, I know, you're not supposed to furl a reefed
sail but it's only going to be used 1 or 2 more times before ...

Maybe I missed it, but I am surprised at the lack of comment here on the
sinking of the cruise ship M.V. Explorer. Are there any pictures of her
actually going under? All I have seen was the one where she is
completrely on her side and obviously not long for the surface.

It being November .. I always think "huum, maybe this winter I will repower"
And so I start to look around..  the ususal suspects:  Beta, Yanmar,
Universal.
I stumbled.. or I should say they stumbled upon me .. the Phasor engine.

...With GPS technology it is now possible to go where the fish are and
to remember the spot so you can relocate it...
http://articlesupdates.googlepages.com/gps_technology_and_fishing

My photobook 'Cold' on a spectacular sailing trip to Antarctica came out
this thursday - in fact just a couple of hours before the Explorer hit an
iceberg. You can enjoy a preview at www.cold-the-book.com.
Hope you enjoy it (and buy it!),

Larry,
Could you give some detail regarding the new Honda generator sets, one
of which that I understand you have. I believe they are DC generators
driving an inverter.

November 12th - Becalmed, bothered and bewildered (another riff
on another song) and other last-ditch efforts
So, we've finished the ditch. We had the usual uneventful ride
down the section of Intra-Coastal Waterway (also known among

I've never heard of a whale getting this close!
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