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Forum: Other Equipment 01-19-2016, 09:18 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,421
Posted By maxingout
New Zealand has an Island Regatta every year that...

New Zealand has an Island Regatta every year that gives people an opportunity to gain cruising experience by sailing as crew to Fiji, New Caledonia and other islands of the South Pacific. Crew is...
Forum: SE Asia, The Red Sea & Indian Ocean 01-19-2016, 09:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,434
Posted By maxingout
Sounds like AIS is in the cards for Exit Only. ...

Sounds like AIS is in the cards for Exit Only. The sailing world is getting more complicated each year.
Forum: The Multihull Club 01-19-2016, 09:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,434
Posted By maxingout
We sailed our boat six times before setting out...

We sailed our boat six times before setting out on our circumnavigation. The catamaran was new, and we did not have time to do lengthy sea trials because it was late in the season. We survived, and...
Forum: Test Drive These Boards 01-19-2016, 09:08 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,698
Posted By maxingout
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Forum: General Cruising Forum 12-27-2007, 12:13 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,911
Posted By maxingout
Our answer to the chafe problem for a parachute...

Our answer to the chafe problem for a parachute was to use sea anchor chainplates on the bow. They create a chafe free way to attach a bridle to Exit Only.

These chainplates are twenty-five...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 12-27-2007, 12:05 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,911
Posted By maxingout
I used an adjustable drogue one time in a storm...

I used an adjustable drogue one time in a storm on the way from Gibraltar to the Canary Islands. This may answer your question about adding to the drogue for more power.

In this incident, we had...
Forum: The Tavern | Welcome Aboard 12-25-2007, 06:16 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,600
Posted By maxingout
For sailing back to Australia, it's hard to beat...

For sailing back to Australia, it's hard to beat a catamaran for running downwind in the trades. You won't need to raise your mainsail for thousands of miles; your headsails will carry you most of...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 12-24-2007, 08:56 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,911
Posted By maxingout
Hi Peter, You are a high lattitude sailor,...

Hi Peter,

You are a high lattitude sailor, and I'm sure you have plenty of opportunities to experience heavy weather. That's good. Now all you need to do practice heaving to, using a drogue, and...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 12-24-2007, 05:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,911
Posted By maxingout
At the 32nd Annual Seven Seas Cruising...

At the 32nd Annual Seven Seas Cruising Association Convention in Melbourne, Florida, I presented a short discussion on STORM MANAGEMENT FOR CRUISERS.

I have now uploaded the talk on my website so...
Forum: Ship's Library 10-04-2007, 04:07 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,016
Posted By maxingout
My favorite sailing book of all time is called...

My favorite sailing book of all time is called "The Circumnavigators" by Donald R. Holm. It was published in 1974. I have read it dozens of times, and I still pick it up whenever I want to fire up...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 10-02-2007, 02:07 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 29,550
Posted By maxingout
We did our circumnavigation in a 39 foot...

We did our circumnavigation in a 39 foot catamaran doing tradewind sailing most of the way around the world. Catamarans are good circumnavigators if you stay in the tradwinds. If you sail into the...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 10-01-2007, 05:37 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,370
Posted By maxingout
Wherever we sailed, we found over and over again...

Wherever we sailed, we found over and over again that it's usually the same people having problems.

When we sailed across the Pacific, the people that had problems in French Polynesia were the...
Forum: Living Aboard 10-01-2007, 05:08 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,431
Posted By maxingout
Very often when on long passages, we would break...

Very often when on long passages, we would break out the popcorn and watch a movie on the computer just after dark. That got the whole crew into the salon and gave them a different focus. It broke...
Forum: Living Aboard 10-01-2007, 04:53 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 18,298
Posted By maxingout
When Exit Only sailed across oceans, we never had...

When Exit Only sailed across oceans, we never had a problem with sleep deprivation because of the way we took our watches.

We started our circumnavigation with a watch schedule, and it never...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-29-2007, 03:10 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 17,462
Posted By maxingout
I have always favored yahcts with long keels...

I have always favored yahcts with long keels because I have had tradewind dreams, and the directional stability provided by a long keel makes it easier to steer a boat downwind in the trades with...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-29-2007, 02:55 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 8,169
Posted By maxingout
[QUOTE=name='Gallivanters' date='Sep 26 2007,...

[QUOTE=name='Gallivanters' date='Sep 26 2007, 04:40 PM' post='13614']

We have an ICOM IC-M700PRO SSB Radio Telephone installed in Gallivanter.

What is the simplest and most cost effective...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 09-29-2007, 02:45 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,335
Posted By maxingout
Incidentally, in those early days of GPS, my...

Incidentally, in those early days of GPS, my first unit was a Magellan which sourced three satellites and cost me, on special, $4000.

David.

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My first GPS was also a Magellan that...
Forum: Regional Discussion Topics 09-29-2007, 02:27 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,618
Posted By maxingout
When we were in Uligamu, the northermost island...

When we were in Uligamu, the northermost island in the Maldives, we didn't need jerry cans to refuel. The fuel sellers come out in their small boat with 5 gallon cans and siphoned it into our tanks....
Forum: Living Aboard 09-29-2007, 02:21 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,472
Posted By maxingout
I think of all the things in the old life, the...

I think of all the things in the old life, the tools are the ones that adapt best to the new life. They are old friends that will stand by you through thick and thin when things break on the high...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 06-02-2007, 02:10 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 12,754
Posted By maxingout
When we were in Singapore on Exit Only, our...

When we were in Singapore on Exit Only, our Privilege 39 Catamaran, there were five yachts struck by lightning in a single week in the Singapore Straits. Most of them lost all their electronics with...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 05-03-2007, 12:03 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 13,747
Posted By maxingout
I have had the mastwalker style folding mast...

I have had the mastwalker style folding mast steps on my catamaran for the past twelve years. They have been trouble free, and have made working on my rigging and masthead safer and easier.
...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 05-01-2007, 02:39 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,928
Posted By maxingout
Breaking surf is scary stuff. Many years...

Breaking surf is scary stuff.

Many years ago, there was a sudden storm in Cabo San Lucas, and many boats were destroyed in the breaking surf. But not all boats in the surf were destroyed. There...
Forum: General Cruising Forum 04-23-2007, 07:57 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,853
Posted By maxingout
There are other considerations besides the visa...

There are other considerations besides the visa for yourself. There are tax issues that you need to consider as well.

Part of the answer to your question depends on the flag of the vessel you are...
Forum: Our Virtual Yacht Club 04-23-2007, 07:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,105
Posted By maxingout
We are from sailing vessel Exit Only - a...

We are from sailing vessel Exit Only - a privilege 39 catamaran. We did an eleven year circumnavigation. We started our trip in Florida and sailed twice to New Zealand, twice to Australia, and...
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