Boat Forum / Cruising / July 2008

What is the best way to clean dock lines (3-strans nylon)??
And how to make them 'softener??
Hanz

When I got my second nmea device, i was excited -- "hook it up" the manual said
-- support said "yes; you just hook up all the nmea out with nmea in of the
other devices and visa versa" so I did.
It appeared to work.  however, since I have some weird things recently

Oil prices dropped almost 20% this week. I believed all the doom and
gloomers and speculated they would continue to rise skyward and they didn't!
waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Does $150 a bbl sound likely?

I have taken Wilbur Hubbards advice, put my Captain's papers in a big
brown envelope and sent them back to the Coast Guard. My actions,
especially my boasting and lack of foresight have shamed competent
captains the world over, and not just myself. I have come to realize

My wife & I have been talking about moving onto a boat & sailing away for a long
time -- the biggest stumbling block to buying a boat the size we'd need for
liveaboard is $ -- we'd have to sell our house 1st & then buy the boat.
however, we happened upon a FC boat that we can afford ...

Good day to all;
In two weeks I’m planning to go from Toronto downstream St. Lawrence
River.
I do not have any destination – all what I have is three weeks off

Are "Call Signs" ever used in VHF communications to/from/between boats? I
know they are part of the FCC radio license - but is they just a "leftover"
from land based radio stations?
Just curious...

Another wonderful day in Seattle. Got up at 0420 fiddled around and
got 2 shots espresso topped off with soy. Walked on the tracks by the
boat yard in Ballard. The city is quiet at 0500.
For the Deadliest Catch fans I walked over to the North Western it

If some of you would spend 1/10th the time sailing as you spent talking
about refrigeration and other systems having little or nothing to do with
sailing, you might actually become a sailor in less than a century.
Wilbur Hubbard

I swear it wasn't my fault!.....
I pulled my stepvan into a Sunoco station to refill the Honda EU3000i
electronic genset with gas.  The genset had been pulling the two 8000 Btu
Korean ACs for a few hours while I was on the road fixing things, so I

Please forgive me for asking a newbie question. I'm considering getting a
smallish (19'-23'), swing keel, water ballast, sailboat for family
recreation on local lakes. I don't know much about sailing but I've been a
power boat owner for 30 years. Big difference, I know, but bear ...

Asking $28,000 for our 2000 Nimble Nomad Pocket Trawler with a Honda
50 HP 4-stroke Gas outboard located in Galena, Maryland
Details 2000 Nimble Nomad Trawler Tropical Edition with 2000 Honda 50
HP 4-

New EPA water permit regulations are on the horizon. Some boaters fear this
could cause them to sink or simply take their boats out of the water
altogether.
On September 30th, the EPA is scheduled to begin court-ordered enforcement

To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of
the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the
ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper
seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything