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Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-02-2013, 10:42 PM
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Posted By Guest2013a
Partially completed boat projects can be found...

Partially completed boat projects can be found just about everywhere you look. They are in boat yards and back yards all over the world usually near the water.

Sometimes the boater who started...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-02-2013, 06:07 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,994
Posted By Guest2013a
Stop the personal attacks If you don't like...

Stop the personal attacks

If you don't like the opinion of another boater please voice your opinion but don't attack the other boater. This is the basic kindergarten rules that you should have...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-29-2013, 10:05 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
After looking into the used boat market I think...

After looking into the used boat market I think buying a x charter boat can be a great deal. Keep in mind an x charter boat does not have gear on it like extra sails, water-makers, solar panels,...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-29-2013, 12:22 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
So what do you think about boats do you like...

So what do you think about boats do you like them? Why don't you just say something even if its wrong? Don't be afraid.
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-29-2013, 11:12 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Why don't you post comments about the boat? I am...

Why don't you post comments about the boat? I am just trying to get a dialog going here. I think its a great deal and I don't believe in "ghost" problems Bigfoot or Santa Claus.
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-29-2013, 10:42 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
So what is your point Cowboy?

So what is your point Cowboy?
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-26-2013, 10:15 PM
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Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Serious problems with a boat that you can't see,...

Serious problems with a boat that you can't see, touch or feel that even the best surveyor cannot detect sounds kind of spooky. Maybe I should hire a psychic to find the problems.

How about this...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-25-2013, 07:57 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Actually just walking the beach in the PNW is...

Actually just walking the beach in the PNW is dangerous. Every year people get swept away by waves. The water is cold and you don't last very long in the water. A couple of years ago a man took...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-25-2013, 12:59 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
I suggest that you stick to sailing. I too love...

I suggest that you stick to sailing. I too love riding motorcycles but as you get older the reflexes are not as good as they once were. The eyesight is not as good and many older bike riders get...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-24-2013, 01:24 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
[QUOTE=Auzzee;39622]37'6" LOD, 11'6" across the...

[QUOTE=Auzzee;39622]37'6" LOD, 11'6" across the beam and with a moulded depth amidships of 9'6". Built in 1963, she sailed in several Fastnet races before the owner was transferred to Malta by the UK...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-22-2013, 06:43 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Sandettie is beautiful the Dutch really know how...

Sandettie is beautiful the Dutch really know how to work steel. The wood boat is nice and that Kettenburg is supposed to be sheathed in epoxy but you just can't beat a properly made steel hull.
...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-22-2013, 02:48 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Here is a wood boat that will make you smile. ...

Here is a wood boat that will make you smile.
Classic Sailboat - Kettenburg 38 (https://olympic.craigslist.org/boa/3964958015.html)


It almost looks like a toy.

This boat will turn heads at...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-22-2013, 02:35 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Are you still sailing the pre-war wood boat that...

Are you still sailing the pre-war wood boat that you wrote about? To sail what you call the wrong way around the cape you need a boat that points good to the wind. Does your boat sail good windward?
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-21-2013, 02:45 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Have you crossed the cape horn?

Have you crossed the cape horn?
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-19-2013, 11:22 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Touche ouch you are starting to get nasty have...

Touche ouch you are starting to get nasty have you been taking all your meds?
Forum: Engines | Propulsion | Generators 08-19-2013, 09:17 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 15,524
Posted By Guest2013a
FM engines are old but good. No valves no heads...

FM engines are old but good. No valves no heads top speed is about 800 RPM. There are many still running. The M/V SALVAGE CHIEF sitting in Astoria has two of them. The US Navy put them on...
Forum: Engines | Propulsion | Generators 08-19-2013, 08:01 PM
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Views: 15,524
Posted By Guest2013a
The boat I was on had Fairbanks Morris ten...

The boat I was on had Fairbanks Morris ten cylinder opposed. Most of the engine men on boats with GM diesels had transfers in to transfer to a boat with FM diesels. The problem was when we were in...
Forum: Engines | Propulsion | Generators 08-19-2013, 07:44 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 15,524
Posted By Guest2013a
The electric boat has the same limited range...

The electric boat has the same limited range problem as the electric car. When the wind is about to blow you on to the rocks the diesel engine will sound sweet.
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-19-2013, 06:56 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
I plan on living aboard starting in the Caribbean...

I plan on living aboard starting in the Caribbean and then after that gets boring go south. I would like to go to the Falkland Islands and then go around the horn. That's like the Mount Everest of...
Forum: Engines | Propulsion | Generators 08-19-2013, 04:22 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 15,524
Posted By Guest2013a
I was doing a spoof on Lt. Col. William "Bill"...

I was doing a spoof on Lt. Col. William "Bill" Kilgore by Robert Duvall in "Apocalypse Now"
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." That is a good movie. Actually I think napalm has a...
Forum: Engines | Propulsion | Generators 08-19-2013, 05:55 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 15,524
Posted By Guest2013a
I was watching a youtube video of some people...

I was watching a youtube video of some people crossing the Atlantic and at one point they started up the engine and started motoring. I thought it was stupid because most sailing boats only carry...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-19-2013, 02:09 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
I want to cruise the Bahamas and the Virgin...

I want to cruise the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands so a boat on the east coast is worth about $4000 dollars more to me because that's about what it costs to go through the Panama canal.

Rio...
Forum: Engines | Propulsion | Generators 08-18-2013, 08:22 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 15,524
Posted By Guest2013a
It appears to me that the same people who put...

It appears to me that the same people who put electric motors in boats own a VW Micro bus, have an apple computer, do yoga and eat nuts and berry's. Real men want diesel engines and I love the...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-18-2013, 08:04 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,994
Posted By Guest2013a
What do you want to do with your life? Do you...

What do you want to do with your life? Do you want to sail on the water or sand the hull of an old boat? I think your first boat should be sea worthy on day one. You will still be able to experience...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 08-16-2013, 09:09 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 10,269
Posted By Guest2013a
Buy an old boat or an X Charter boat in the BVI

What do you think of buying an old boat? I am in Portland Oregon and some boats for sale go back into the sixties. Some boat ads don't even show the year it was built and you have to dig into it to...
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