Greetings, We've moved up from a Tartan 30 with an Atomic Four to a Gulfstar 41 CC Aux Ketch with long range cruising plans and a Perkins 4.108 deisel...

The Goldberg Brothers: The Goldberg Brothers - The Inventors of the Automobile Air Conditioner Here's a little factoid for automotive buffs or just to dazzle...

My brother is trying to trailer a 19' boat using a 1998 Plymouth Voyager Minivan which supposedly has some sort of "towing package 2". His trailer has...

Anybody down there still on-line this morning? Look out the window for us, how about? -- Richard Lamb

Need help from some experienced sailors... A few years ago, I bought a used 12' sailboat to teach myself how to sail on a local lake. I don't even know the...

Allens Cay Exumas to Marsh Harbour Abaco, Bahamas 6/19-6/20/10 We left you luxuriating in our good fortune and marvelous diving for several days in Allens...

June in the Exumas - Highborne to Allens Cays We left you after we'd thrown out the hook in Highborne Cay, eagerly anticipating all we'd heard about what an...

On Jun 22, 6:47*pm, "Steve B" wrote: "Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message ...

Considering a catamaran. Several people have told me they have not seen any diff tween slip fees for cats vs monos but this cannot be generally true. In...

A nice lady in rec.boats would like that little spiel you like to pull out when someone talks about living on a boat... or long term cruising. Do you still...

Our boat was equipped with a rather comical anchor chain by a former owner. So it has been on my list to replace it with either 5/16" or 3/8" chain (hot-dip...

My 28' sailboat is out of the water near Freeport till October while I wait for slightly cooler weather. I did not get to the Abacos. Now, I am wondering...

My news client is rejecting any new or reply messages, and has been flaky in the past. Anybody got another newsreader/poster they'd recommend? I'm tired...

== 2 of 2 == Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 6:02 am From: slide Hand held depth finder? I had no idea such a thing existed, but I can see its use for exploring an...

On 14/06/2010 00:01, Anne Onime wrote: The real world where scumwads like Cecil rape women. Am I really the only one to find this posting...

Hello, My hope is that in a couple of years, I can take my family down the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to the Gulf. (Or, alternatively, starting from a...

Hi there.. I'm seeking the most silent 4-stroke outboard motor with about 50 hp. Do you have any suggestions? I've heard that Mariner's motors are very...

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:53:02 -0500, brian whatcott wrote: I am not familiar with this boat. If it is 15 ft overall, then man...

The Sunderlands are making a reality show about their kids. Newsies are now wondering if this wasn't just another balloon boy. What the idiots don't...

I think Abby Sunderland should sue her parents. Why? Because: 1) Her parents are dangerous, live-vicariously-through-their-children incompetents who seem...