In the yard now in the bahamas
I managed to move my 28' sailboat from Mangoes marina to Marsh harbor
Boat Yard because my insurance will not cover Ragtime if she is in the water during hurricane season. The guy on the tricked out Mac26 next to me and another guy on a 36' Cape Dory wanted to go along on the transfer so off we went. The Mac26 guy said he knew an extreme short cut that would save us an hour and since I wanted to catch the 4:30 plane I agreed. Besides, it sounded like a cool very shallow winding between islands passage and if I ran aground, a small price for a days adventure. I was sorta nervous as my chart showed half a meter depth only but we never touched bottom passing along a channel right off the rocky shore. Serious local knowledge. I did check with two local insurance companies there about liability only insurance and was told that unless I was also covering a car or house, no way. BTW, Marsh harbor has the best hardware store I have ever seen. It is called Standard Hardware and is warehouse sized and has everything without being a Lowes or Home Depot, it is a true hardware store on a large scale. |
In the yard now in the bahamas
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:07:19 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote: I did check with two local insurance companies there about liability only insurance and was told that unless I was also covering a car or house, no way. Did you ever talk with Al Golden about that? |
In the yard now in the bahamas
Frogwatch wrote:
I managed to move my 28' sailboat from Mangoes marina to Marsh harbor Boat Yard because my insurance will not cover Ragtime if she is in the water during hurricane season. The guy on the tricked out Mac26 next to me and another guy on a 36' Cape Dory wanted to go along on the transfer so off we went. The Mac26 guy said he knew an extreme short cut that would save us an hour and since I wanted to catch the 4:30 plane I agreed. Besides, it sounded like a cool very shallow winding between islands passage and if I ran aground, a small price for a days adventure. I was sorta nervous as my chart showed half a meter depth only but we never touched bottom passing along a channel right off the rocky shore. Serious local knowledge. I did check with two local insurance companies there about liability only insurance and was told that unless I was also covering a car or house, no way. BTW, Marsh harbor has the best hardware store I have ever seen. It is called Standard Hardware and is warehouse sized and has everything without being a Lowes or Home Depot, it is a true hardware store on a large scale. How are the prices at the hardware store? They pay a huge duty of over 40% IIRC plus freight from the US. |
In the yard now in the bahamas
On Jun 10, 8:39*pm, L G wrote:
Frogwatch wrote: I managed to move my 28' sailboat from Mangoes marina to Marsh harbor Boat Yard because my insurance will not cover Ragtime if she is in the water during hurricane season. The guy on the tricked out Mac26 next to me and another guy on a 36' Cape Dory wanted to go along on the transfer so off we went. The Mac26 guy said he knew an extreme short cut that would save us an hour and since I wanted to catch the 4:30 plane I agreed. *Besides, it sounded like a cool very shallow winding between islands passage and if I ran aground, a small price for a days adventure. *I was sorta nervous as my chart showed half a meter depth only but we never touched bottom passing along a channel right off the rocky shore. Serious local knowledge. I did check with two local insurance companies there about liability only insurance and was told that unless I was also covering a car or house, no way. BTW, Marsh harbor has the best hardware store I have ever seen. *It is called Standard Hardware and is warehouse sized and has everything without being a Lowes or Home Depot, it is a true hardware store on a large scale. How are the prices at the hardware store? *They pay a huge duty of over 40% IIRC plus freight from the US. I checked the price on a battery powered hand drill, very high but I do not remember it. However, when you really need 6 #8 stainless self drilling screws, a buck apiece is nothing. |
In the yard now in the bahamas
Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 10, 8:39 pm, L wrote: Frogwatch wrote: I managed to move my 28' sailboat from Mangoes marina to Marsh harbor Boat Yard because my insurance will not cover Ragtime if she is in the water during hurricane season. The guy on the tricked out Mac26 next to me and another guy on a 36' Cape Dory wanted to go along on the transfer so off we went. The Mac26 guy said he knew an extreme short cut that would save us an hour and since I wanted to catch the 4:30 plane I agreed. Besides, it sounded like a cool very shallow winding between islands passage and if I ran aground, a small price for a days adventure. I was sorta nervous as my chart showed half a meter depth only but we never touched bottom passing along a channel right off the rocky shore. Serious local knowledge. I did check with two local insurance companies there about liability only insurance and was told that unless I was also covering a car or house, no way. BTW, Marsh harbor has the best hardware store I have ever seen. It is called Standard Hardware and is warehouse sized and has everything without being a Lowes or Home Depot, it is a true hardware store on a large scale. How are the prices at the hardware store? They pay a huge duty of over 40% IIRC plus freight from the US. I checked the price on a battery powered hand drill, very high but I do not remember it. However, when you really need 6 #8 stainless self drilling screws, a buck apiece is nothing. True. But they should be closer to $.15 each! |
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