Boat Forum / Cruising / July 2009

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a little wet.....

New to group.  Have a 1986 NONSUCH 22 with a Westerbeke 10 Two.  Am
looking for a replacement fresh water cooling pump (Westerbeke #33197
I think).  They want $540 for a new one.  I found markings on the
block today...K2AS 0.451L.  On the other side of the engine under the

Boating Ham passing along knowledge to others.
Victor Poor has been boating for thirty years. He was a “Live-aboard”
for ten years, and a seasonal boater for the other 20 years. He and
his wife have done extensive long distance sailing including cruises

I'm consistently a kt. slower on the port tack than the starboard and
it's starting to make me nuts.  Almost as nuts as the "weather" on the
Great Lakes this "summer".
To start, all the standing rigging is new as of last year with about 40

NOAA and the Cap'n and Maxsea
I've been searching the internet and haven't come up with current info re
the capn and NOAA downloaded charts. They downloaded and extracted just fine
but it seems no matter what I do they won't show up in the search for charts

Gregory Hall = Neal Warren = Wilbur Hubbard = Cecil Warren
http://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/flyer.do?personId=35467
Is he truly a child rapist????
RB

I want to replace the old 3/8 proof coil chain that's been on the boat
for 31 years and around the world.  I'm wondering about switching to
BBB 3/8 - if I can get a gypsy for BBB from Ideal.
they are the same WLL 2650 pounds but the BBB is a bit heavier per

Hey all
I'm designing a hard top dodger for my catamaran see
http://www.psychosnail.com/blog/post/Building-a-hard-Bimini-hard-Dodger.aspx
Was wondering if any of you have experience working with Last-A-Foam

We have the standard 6 ft. fence in the backyard, and a few months
ago, I heard about burglaries increasing  dramatically in the entire
city.  To make sure this never happened to me, I got an electric fence
and ran a single wire along the top of the fence.

I have an arrow ski boat with a 74 115 horse mercury in it. it has 3
carbs and from the looks of it i have carb problems. how much should
it cost me to get this fixed?

This explains a lot.
The year is 1947
Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, a little over 60 years ago,
witnesses claim that an unidentified flying object (UFO) with five aliens

We're just having such a wonderful season of sailing. I don't think
we've had a single windless day and our short cruises have been
fantastic. Block Island is on the menu is a few weeks and a few other
shorter runs.

What is the deep of Hawk Channel south  of Miami? How far can  5 1/2
boat make it to the Dry Tortugas.
 Which way have boater gone south, Hawk Channel or Florida Bay route??
Thanx

So we parted a 2 1/2 inch three strand nylon liine a few days. I
wanted to splice one of those rope boat finders out of it. The boat is
900+ grt/200' so think large scale.................
But nobody know how here. I Did an online search but got no where

He's almost around:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7983809