Boat Forum / Cruising / July 2008

I've just finished moving BlueJacket from the Chesapeake to Ossining, NY,
which is just N of the Tappan Zee bridge.  I had a great trip and returned
home to pick up Sue, who is recovering from major abdominal surgery.  As of
next week she'll be cleared to be on the boat.

The details of this should be interesting:
http://www.wfsb.com/news/16770782/detail.html

I uses me trawler quites sa bit hawling back diesel frum Mexico. I can carry
1200 gallons, I cruise down for the weekend on a near empty tank, cruise
back up on Tuesday, sell 1000 gallons at $5.00. Every week, all tax free!

Our boat has become a one-hoss-shay wannabee this season. Everything is
breaking -- stempiece, windlass, refrigerator, alternator, regulator
and, not least, water heater. But we can live without hot water. So
when the heater blew through its tank and dumped 150 gallons of fresh

Sad and pathetic that a 16 YO boy can intimidate the hell out of Neal
Warren (AKA Wilbur, Greg Hall, ect) the pretend sailor.
I haven't seen Neal so upset since Ellen was in the news.
Can you imagine having the need to dis a 16 year old young man?

Zac will make Hawaii and Wilbur will still be the same place he's been
the last 2 decades.
Nothing new for Wilbur.
Nealbur is thinking of security instead of opportunity. Wilbur seems

Thanks, folks!  It's good to see not a few of you beginning to come around
and see the folly that is Skip Gundlach.
When I was among the first, if not the first, to point out here in this
group how he was an inept fool bumbling along from screw up to screw up some

What is a good stripper to remove Cetol. I will use sandpaper after I
remove the heavy stuff.
Hanz

The EPA does good:
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/215000.html

I'll let you all in on my favorite weather website run by the Meteorology
students at Plymouth State College, NH:
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/
The map is clickable to the NOAA current teletype texts.

I've a 4cyl Yanmar 2004, 51HP.
I read a few months back about the 35 and 36i Delco-Remy Alternators.
Are these single wire types? Is it easy to rewire them if my existing
alternator has three wires? If so - how do I do it?

What do you recommnend as a good buy? Length 21 - 25 feet, 4 berth, <
£20000. I would prefer the cockpit covered permanently, something like
a Princess 25.

I can't help but notice that Capt. Joe sometimes is posting from Miami.
Being just a hop, skip and jump from Miami in Paradise in the Florida Keys
and possessed of a stout, capable, been there-done that, little blue water
voyager, I am offering, gratis, sailing lessons for the ...

A US friend of mine is offering to sell me his Catalina Morgan 440 at a very
attractive price. Being a european I have no information about this
particular brand of yacht.
Is there anyone on this group who can give me information about it? What I