Boat Forum / Cruising / November 2007

How about a spirited, yet polite discussion of various wind vane systems
currently available?

El Lago Coffee Co & Caye Coffee to usher in new age of Eco-Sailing
The Sailing Vessel RedCloud has been converted to carry cargo. SCV
RedCloud will be departing Houston mid to late November to pick up her
first load of Caye Coffee coffee cargo from the Caye Coffee Ltd

I want to add 2 6-V golf cart batteries for my house system, and
cannot find the ones that Walmart or anyone is selling for less than
$75 dollars.  (I cannot find the $75 ones)
I will only be using for a year (one loop) so have no need of the $400

What Causes Dizziness?
We have all suffered from it at one point or another; the room starts
to spin or one feels strangely light-headed. These symptoms are
commonly known as dizziness. They can be either harmless or a symptom

Famous Jewish Sailors
Eddie Albert
Jack Benny
Shelley Berman

As the original discussion has wandered a great deal, I'll start a new
one.
We're working our way down the ICW in order to miss Hatteras.  We were
already in the Alligator-Pungo Canal when I overheard chatter on 16 to

I just posted this from a request from someone on the alt.sailing.asa ng...
I'm following along like everyone else
(http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2007-11-09&dayid=30#
Story2)...
several new places in the bay have been closed. Nasty... oil has been

Dear Skip & L:
While bumping around the web I found these words by Dashew. Thought
you might find it interesting.
"One of the factors in choosing which speed to run at is our arrival

The Yanmar 2QM20 in my boat runs like a new engine.  Exact maximum RPM wide
open, starts almost instantly, plenty of power so I know it isn't under
propped.  Exhaust smoke is thin and light grey at full power and it is
smoother than I ever thought a two cylinder engine with a two ...

When you're not fixing your boat in strange places, you're doing this
http://tinyurl.com/ytvqbn
pic from
http://dnkcruising.blogspot.com/

Greeting Geoff;
Did you get any type of USCG sticker for your boat for leaving and
returning to the USA?
PS: if you use Capt. Freya Rauscher's guide to cruising Belize and the

YKYBRRBCTMW ...
... you've left the basement door open around the compressor air hose
and think to yourself that you should just install a thru-hull
connection :-)

I'm pretty sure I can reroute my fuel line so that an electric pump is
unnecessary.  It would be nice to eliminate one possible failure mode that
could rear its head in an awkward spot. However, I'd like to have an
electric pump in the system for priming and bleeding.

I've just noted that the latest beta version of SailMail (aka AirMail)
supports ROTFS GRIB files.  These provide predictions for the Gulf Stream
and other currents showing the direction, rate and temperature for up to 72
hours in advance.  

I stopped in at a non marine diesel place that deals with Yanmar tractors
and other on and off road land based stuff on the theory that they have been
dealing with ULSD longer than the marine outfits.  They may also be more
grounded in the real world not having to deal primarily ...