Boat Forum / Cruising / July 2008

Megumi Okina ( born 6 August 1979) is a Japanese actress and J-Pop
singer. Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop
debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of The
Grudge. She married Susumu Fujita in January 2004, however they

A buddy handed me a tube of this stuff and gave me a little sermon on
its virtues compared to 5200.  Apparently it is used in the auto
industry and it sticks well to metal.  Has anyone here been using it
on boats and if so how's it holding up?

A few days ago we were hit by a thunderstorm while at anchor in Richmond
Island harbor, south of Portland Me.  The wind held at about 40 knots
for 10 minutes or so and gradually diminished, and we were surrounded by
lightening, though there were no hits within a half mile.  I had ...

Some people make statements such as, "Why don't you give Skip a break, he's
out there doing it." Other people make much the same statements about Capt.
Joe of the sunken "Red Cloud." They say, "Well, at least he tried, he
deserves credit for that, doesn't he?"

Anybody using these?
Anybody care to laugh at the very idea of them?
http://www.fendergrip.com/fg.html
--Vic

Does anyone know where I could find a map of North American (or just
the US)  navigable waterways with a pontoon boat?  I've been searching
for quite a while without luck.
Thanks,

Anybody have any  experience use teak oil??
We want to go from Cetol to Oil..
Hanz

Try cuil. It is cool.
  G

specifically ref:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/boa/773512109.html
-Sean

I just moved my boat from Douglas Harbour in Grand Lake New Brunswick to St.
Andrews New Brunswick on Passamaquoddy Bay. The entire trip from St. John
Harbour into Passamaquoddy Bay was entirely in the fog with visibility of
less than 1/4 M.  I was alone on the boat and averaged ...

Looking for a solar recharge portable anchor light.
This would be a 360* white light, with recharge batteries,
and small solar pick up someplace..
Anyone know where this can be bought?

Life's a beach, Part II...
We're in Fernandina Beach, on Amelia Island, having returned from
15 weeks ashore, getting ready to leave for Maine, thus the Part
II, here being where we left you last time.  This was being

Ran across this:
http://www.tropicalboating.com/boating-equipment/clear-bottom-bucket.html
Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.

Hi, Y'all,
So...
We're at anchor, with the toplight lit and the cockpit lit up, and
various of our redlighting below illuminating (if you're close enough

Here is a link to a single handers thoughts on watch keeping

 A little background on Wayne,
 An Apple multimillionaire exec who quit to enjoy life. Said