Boat Forum / Cruising

Need a new boat design.  
There was a post recently I can't find, but the poster mentioned
using a para-glider type sail.
Since I tend to think about using the wind to turn a screw, even the

[From Skip's sailmail post.]
Hello from the Atlantic Ocean, 29*15.85'N,
80*38.86'W
When we last saw you were pulling into St. Simons Island, GA.  We

The subject line speaks for itself . . .  Give it a rest!
Wilbur Hubbard

Just wanted to warn our shipmates in Asia there was a 7.8 quake in
Indonesia a few minutes ago according to news tv Russia Today net tv
station.  A tsunami warning is issued for ALL of SE Asia.
Please spread the word to anyone you know in the area.

Hey, Bruce at the Bangkok dock for thirty some odd years.
There is a good thread over in <uk.rec.sailing> about sailing in Thailand.
Perhaps you should read it so you can learn something about the area a few
miles from your dock.

Skip not skipwrecked nor aground, in St. Simons Island, GA
How very interesting that you should care to check on me.  Makes me
feel very secure should I run into trouble :{))
Just checking in, for those of you who expected us to be in the Keys

I didn't see this, but a friend of mine did from over 60 miles away.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/13/BAVT13G0AJ.DTL

Late last night, a huge sailboat came ghosting into this marina.
David, her owner and captain usually sails Aratinga, a 60 foot Alden
with an 80 foot mast, outside on the open ocean but he said he thought
this year he’d like to try the ICW. Now…this is quite the

Looking at the similarities, it sure looks like it.
Is it true that Ganze is the puppet master of salty dog?
Or is it vise-versa?

On line November 17th, any bets this will happen??

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Namaste and Greeting from Nepal!
Nepal has begun its new era through its peace process and successful
completion of long waited constitution assembly election. Now, our
Himalayan country’s birth place of Lord Buddha, light of Asia, has

I'm looking online at Pivers, SeaRunners etc.  I've seen a couple of
Dragonflys on the Lakes.  How do people with experience feel about tris
on the Great Lakes?  Would you?  I'm wondering how it would go with the
kind of steep, short period waves we get...Comments?