Boat Forum / Cruising / August 2008

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/kml/
Boot it and the .kml file it pushes to you should boot your Google Earth 4
or higher.
A thunderstorm is approaching from across the Ashley River headed right for

http://askpang.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/sabine5.jpg
What librarian fantasies are made out of . . .
Fantastic choice. You Dems might as well say bye bye to Obama!  He's toast.
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Just pulled my vessel out of the river, getting ready to take a trip
to one of the local lakes for a week-long vacation on-board.  This
vessel has only been in the water for ~5 months, but the zinc anodes
look like they're working especially well.  *THAT's* good news, but I

Hiya, y'all,
Having had no response to those wanting me to keep a minimum of US
warship separation, I wonder if there are Mystic, CT dwellers here.
We think we'll be in Mystic toward the end of the week or more likely

Cod Almighty - August 22
We sailed off our mooring in Portland in the endings of a mild
Nor'wester on Wednesday morning at about 9AM.  We'd timed our
departure to take advantage of the falling tide, and got a nice

Dear Colleague,
Subject: Free NOAA Electronic Navigation Charts work with
       dKart Navigator
NOAA has released more than 650 electronic  charts  for use on

The summer is almost over and rather than giving a travelogue I thought
I'd give some thoughts on what gear worked and what didn't.  First,
though, a micro-travelogue: In late June we went with daughter, cats,
and dog from Boston to the Vineyard, and hung out around there for

Thank you for your comments.  But, I don't want anything like a 10
foot diameter wind turbine.  That would be Much too big and
unnecessary.  I do want something bigger than the conventional 1.2
meter ones because I want more power and that means more diameter and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQwoq5AlPcg
Interesting design. Looks like it could fit in a standard slip.

Never had a prob with the Yanmar 50hp diesel till today.
Two coolant systems - raw water (OK) and closed system - lost all
coolant - refilled - lost it all again about an hour later. Found one
small leak - the top vent hole in the vented loop.

I"ve got a good engine,, but it is gas.
Have thought about going the diesel route..
Since the fall is just starting ::   where would/should I start looking for
a

The Origo stove (used) on my boat came with two black plastic disks which
presumably slow down the evaporation of alcohol when the stove is not in
use.  One now has a hole burned in it (don't ask).  How important are these
disks?  The flaps appear to seal farily tight and I'm ...

I'm on a canal with no tunnels and best of all, no locks.  And, it's a
ship canal so it's very wide and has plenty of room to pass other
boats so I don't think that is a problem.  And you're right, it would
be unwise to try to cruise with the thing up.  I'm not going to do

I live on a narrowboat - a 45 foot long, 6 foot wide steel boat on a
canal in England.  I have a British Rutland 913 wind turbine and it
delivers a pathetic amount of power.  So, looking for more, preferably
a Lot more, I looked at South West Windpower's Air Breeze and Whisper.