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I've just finished moving BlueJacket from the Chesapeake to Ossining, NY,
which is just N of the Tappan Zee bridge. I had a great trip and returned
home to pick up Sue, who is recovering from major abdominal surgery. As of
next week she'll be cleared to be on the boat.

Anyhow, while at home I had a chance to update my video, photo and text
logs. If anyone is interested, they're located at

Reports: http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page...p?region=2008:
Photos/Video: http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:26:37 -0500, Geoff Schultz
wrote:

I've just finished moving BlueJacket from the Chesapeake to Ossining, NY,
which is just N of the Tappan Zee bridge. I had a great trip and returned
home to pick up Sue, who is recovering from major abdominal surgery. As of
next week she'll be cleared to be on the boat.

Anyhow, while at home I had a chance to update my video, photo and text
logs. If anyone is interested, they're located at

Reports: http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page...p?region=2008:
Photos/Video: http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Great pictures, thanks, brings back lots of memories for me. You
almost got a picture of my old office building at Lincoln Harbor in
Hoboken, NJ.

The Hudson River is quite possibly one of the most scenic cruising
venues on the east coast. Take a run north to Catskill or so for a
great flat water trip while your wife recovers.

What kind of AIS are you using?

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On Jul 6, 8:08*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:26:37 -0500, Geoff Schultz

wrote:
I've just finished moving BlueJacket from the Chesapeake to Ossining, NY,
which is just N of the Tappan Zee bridge. *I had a great trip and returned
home to pick up Sue, who is recovering from major abdominal surgery. *As of
next week she'll be cleared to be on the boat.

Anyhow, while at home I had a chance to update my video, photo and text
logs. *If anyone is interested, they're located at

Reports:http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page...p?region=2008:
Photos/Video:http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Great pictures, thanks, brings back lots of memories for me. *You
almost got a picture of my old office building at Lincoln Harbor in
Hoboken, NJ. *

The Hudson River is quite possibly one of the most scenic cruising
venues on the east coast. *Take a run north to Catskill or so for a
great flat water trip while your wife recovers.

What kind of AIS are you using?

Wayne,

I'm using the Miltech SR-161 AIS receiver. I can report that either
the SR-161 or the RayMarine C-80 has a limit of 100 targets, as I
regularly saw a max of 100 targets within 8 miles. When it's not so
target rich, I often see targets in the 40-50 mile range and have seen
up then up to 70 miles. I don't quite know how AIS transmits that
far, but then again I was listening to the Long Island Sound CG group
from the time that I entered the Delaware bay.

Oh, we're headed N...up to the St. Lawrance and then to Newfoundland,
so Sue should have plenty of flat water to recover in. I'm just a
little concerned with the 45 locks that we have the manage, but I
suspect that's just me being concerned for her health. She's
restricted to lifting nothing above 8 lbs, so she can't fend off. As
a result, I'll just have to do a very good job of driving.

-- Geoff

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On Jul 7, 3:17*am, GeoffSchultz wrote:
...
I'm using the Miltech SR-161 AIS receiver. *I can report that either
the SR-161 or the RayMarine C-80 has a limit of 100 targets, as I
regularly saw a max of 100 targets within 8 miles. *...

I think the target limit is on the C-80. AFIK, the SR-161 just
receives the messages and passes them on. I'm looking at the SR-161/2
plus this thing:
http://www.milltechmarine.com/products_watchmate.htm. It which claims
to track 128 targets. Are you using a separate antenna or a
splitter? I keep holding off hoping that "B" will come out because
ACR has a nice looking B unit, but...

-- Tom.

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GeoffSchultz wrote in news:2bd84b1a-3a06-
:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

Obviously fake videos. NOBODY's hull is that smooth and clean! There's
not even a blister anywhere! Look at that prop! Obviously it has never
been anywhere or it would be dinged up somewhere....(c;

Noone has put a proper commemorative footprint on those new cushions,
either.

It just wouldn't seem right sailing on a boat this CLEAN! Boats should
look lived in....

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GeoffSchultz wrote in news:2bd84b1a-3a06-
:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

Great videos, Geoff. Thanks for posting them.

I don't think it's fair that YouTube suggests watching:

Ultimate Survivor: Episode 3
from TheRescueChannel

when you bring up your videos of Delaware Bay....(c;

I see your CG tearing up some poor guy's boat looking for his fire
extinguisher just like ours does....pure harrassment and unwarranted
searches. Looks like they're ganging up on him on both sides scraping
against his gelcoat.

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On Jul 7, 9:26*am, Larry wrote:
GeoffSchultz wrote in news:2bd84b1a-3a06-
:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

Obviously fake videos. *NOBODY's hull is that smooth and clean! *There's
not even a blister anywhere! *Look at that prop! *Obviously it has never
been anywhere or it would be dinged up somewhere....(c;

Noone has put a proper commemorative footprint on those new cushions,
either.

It just wouldn't seem right sailing on a boat this CLEAN! *Boats should
look lived in....

I'm glad that you enjoyed the videos. They're a new format for me.
I've always shot stills and now I'm branching out into video. It
takes a LOT of time.

Regarding the prop: the MaxProp just rebuilt by the factory as there
was too much play in it. It certainly looks pretty...now...

And regarding the cushions: Believe me, Bill & I did everything
within our power to keep them from being christened. If you want to
come a christen them, be my guest. Just remember that Sue's on board
now and you'd be risking limb and life! :-)

Today I spent 6 hours replacing my ProSine inverter/charger with a
spare that I had at home. This only required unplumbing the water
maker control panel, removing the hot water tank and then replacing
the charger with the spare. Unfortunately the spare was completely
dead...ARGH! So I had to switch back to the old unit which is having
inverter problems. I've replaced this unit 4 times now. It's a piece
of crap.

Anyhow, tomorrow we shove off tomorrow and begin the trip. Lets hope
that the systems hold together!

-- Geoff

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In article
,
GeoffSchultz wrote:

Today I spent 6 hours replacing my ProSine inverter/charger with a
spare that I had at home. This only required unplumbing the water
maker control panel, removing the hot water tank and then replacing
the charger with the spare. Unfortunately the spare was completely
dead...ARGH! So I had to switch back to the old unit which is having
inverter problems. I've replaced this unit 4 times now. It's a piece
of crap.

I reported here a few days ago about my new charger/inverter. It's a
Charles IQ2300.

The last three days we've been installing it, and, apart from a crappy
instruction manual, it is brilliant! It has inbuilt intuition on when to
charge battery banks or when to supply power, it knows to differentiate
between generator input or shore power.. All in all, a nice bit of kit.

And they're made in Ohio!

http://www.charlesindustries.com/mai..._inverter.html

--
Molesworth

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GeoffSchultz wrote in news:b997e28f-c66a-
:

Just remember that Sue's on board
now and you'd be risking limb and life! :-)


I better stay on older boats. I don't do well in the company of neatniks
following me around with their cleaning rags.

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GeoffSchultz wrote in news:b997e28f-c66a-
:

Today I spent 6 hours replacing my ProSine inverter/charger with a
spare that I had at home. This only required unplumbing the water
maker control panel, removing the hot water tank and then replacing
the charger with the spare. Unfortunately the spare was completely
dead...ARGH! So I had to switch back to the old unit which is having
inverter problems. I've replaced this unit 4 times now. It's a piece
of crap.



I've never been able to explode a Vector charger, now labeled Black &
Decker....

.....just don't let any boaters know you got it at the WalMart auto
center....(c;

There's a 750W unit in the stepvan shop that regularly is maxed out for
long periods of time load testing PA amps. It, occasionally, gets fed up
with me and my loading and auto-shutdowns, but that's after its computer-
controlled cooling fan has been running wide open for an hour or so...

ProSine comes from Waste Marine.....Yep, crap alright.

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I'm temporarily back in the land of Internet access and have posted
the next video log of my trip. It covers Ossining, NY to Catskill, NY
via the Hudson river. Highlights include West Point and passing
through the Appalachian mountain range. This was a very beautiful
section of the trip.

You can find links to the videos at: http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

-- Geoff