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Forum: General Cruising Forum 12-17-2006, 11:55 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,092
Posted By arkouda
SSB or alternatives

Hi. I'm a relative novice having a sailing cat built and intend to sail this from France to Thailand. The advice I am getting on comms is confusing as far as SSB goes: some say that it is essential,...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-26-2006, 04:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,996
Posted By arkouda
Yep, Tony, going for the genny and bowsprit, not...

Yep, Tony, going for the genny and bowsprit, not sure yet about a spinny, may retrofit blocks for this later. It's a big bus, to be sure, but with my limited experience probably has more chance of...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-25-2006, 05:49 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,996
Posted By arkouda
Hi Guys, and thanks for the advice. Kirk,...

Hi Guys, and thanks for the advice.

Kirk, point taken re the space in marinas, and no way would I try to have one of these in the Med. It'll be bad enough delivering it that way, and trying to...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-23-2006, 05:28 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,996
Posted By arkouda
Thanks for the advice, guys. From this and other...

Thanks for the advice, guys. From this and other areas I'm getting the picture that water cooled is best. I think Cruise Air is called Marine Air outside the USA, and I've been told that it's the one...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-22-2006, 04:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,996
Posted By arkouda
air conditioning

Does anyone have first hand experience of whether air-cooled or water-cooled a/c is best for the tropics? Also good makes? Speccing out a boat in Europe and there seems to be a diversity of opinion....
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-18-2006, 03:07 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 14,615
Posted By arkouda
Hi Will No real experience, just started...

Hi Will

No real experience, just started sailing (now I've had to give up serious climbing, deep diving etc etc - yep, those middle fifties are here!) I also had the same dream of one day cruising...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-18-2006, 02:42 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,113
Posted By arkouda
Ouch! All this talk of bullet holes is scaring...

Ouch! All this talk of bullet holes is scaring me! But you guys are a mine of information, thanks. Nice to get the SP from people who've 'been there, done that' and in my total novice situation........
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-17-2006, 10:57 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,113
Posted By arkouda
Many thanks for the guidance. And of course...

Many thanks for the guidance. And of course you're right! I have belatedly come to realise that certain spell checkers don't get - and indeed automatically correct - "west-east"! So now I look a...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-17-2006, 08:15 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,113
Posted By arkouda
Djibouti westwards across the indian ocean

Hello everyone. I have to take a cat down the Red Sea and then across to Sri Lanka on to Thailand next year. Has anyone gone that way in September/October, and if so, what were the winds/currents?...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-17-2006, 08:03 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 14,615
Posted By arkouda
Hi, sounds like a daunting plan, errmm. And one...

Hi, sounds like a daunting plan, errmm. And one that I have also just signed up to! I'm also a novicey day-skipper with little experience, and have just ordered the live-aboard cat to take through...
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