Boat Forum / Cruising / July 2008

I just saw a link to a very helpful site on batteries in a thread below but
now I can't find the OP.  Thanks to whoever posted it.
I particularly recommend this page:
http://jgdarden.com/batteryfaq/carfaq1.htm

Nobody's heard a peep out of him since he said he was going sailing for the
4th of July week-end/
Is he lost at sea this time because no rescue eventuated? Or is he sailing a
new boat right into the path of Dolly?  I mean, really, the man has no

Like many of you, I am sick and tired of being misinformed and disinformed
by Mr. Skip Gundlach. That's why I'm writing this post, to ensure that the
sailing values for which we and our forebears have labored and for which
many of us have fought and sacrificed will continue in ...

For those of you cruising in lightning rods (sailboats):
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/SG/SG07100.pdf

Would someone know where I can find color-coded deck cap replacements?
I'd like to use them instead of the ones I have now.... blue for water, red
for fuel, black for sewage.
I don't want to replace the entire plate... just the caps.

we are Boater's Resale in Kemah Texas and we hope you all enjoy light
winds
and open waters.
We have some vintage hardware and some things no one much needs

We have an older Lectra/San. It was working fine then all of a sudden
we had to double the salt added per flush. From less than 1/2-cup to
1-cup. I cleaned it twice with muratic acid. Once as per the manual,
then later with twice the concentration and leaving it twice the time.

Ham and Wry...
We're in Fernandina Beach, on Amelia Island, having returned from
15 weeks ashore.  We've pretty much sworn off shore life, after
all that, despite having had the most wonderful hosts and

A friend, driving home from a fishing trip in northern Michigan with his
boat in tow, had engine trouble a few miles inland from Lake Huron.
He didn't have a CB radio in his car, so he decided to use his marine radio
to get help. Climbing into his boat, he broadcast his call ...

I just installed a Standard Horizon HX850S handheld VHF radio (with GPS) as
a backup for our 25 watt fixed VHF. I checked out the VHF transmit and
receive function with a couple of radio check calls to local boaters and
reception was 5 by 5. (Actually the reception was better ...

I picked up a Marinetics A/C breaker panel that has main breakers and
5 branch breakers. It seems the company is no longer in business.
The Neutral side of the main breakers goes to a buss bar with 5
terminals for 5 branch circuits.

Dear Group:
I have owned several boats (Taswell 43 and Farr 40).  I am looking to
buy a cruising boat and have identified two boats in particular that I
am interested in.  One is a Baltic 48 all fitted out for cruising and

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-murcer13-
2008jul13,0,149573.story
I'm his age....scary.
5 times All Star outfielder...

Author's note: This picture post is written to be understandable by the
usual, low IQ subscriber of this newsgroup. It is also on-topic so please
keep your whining and complaining about the frank nature of it to
yourselves.