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#81
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by wolverine - March 27, 2026, 11:21:25 PMThe cats are nice if you spend months aboard, but like already stated, $$$$. If I had the $, I could see owning one, only so my wife, (disabilities) could sail with me.
Godot, your Bayfield 29 is a great boat for day sailing or cruising. I love the huge forward head.
Godot, your Bayfield 29 is a great boat for day sailing or cruising. I love the huge forward head.
#82
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Godot - March 27, 2026, 10:00:50 PMI like catamarans well enough; but I have often wondered if the expense and hassle was worth it. It's the same thing with larger mono-hulls. For certain they are more comfortable, but are they enough more comfortable to justify the extra time and expense of ownership? I think about up-sizing once in awhile but always come to the conclusion that I would have to be a full time cruiser, and a very social one at that, to justify it. And maybe not even then.
#83
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Frank - March 27, 2026, 05:36:24 PMHad a nice slow sail to Marsh Harbour. The biggest place in the Abacos at around 11,000 people, the large grocery store has the best selection as well as the lowest prices. Liquor prices are also much less year so I provisioned the boat back up for a couple of weeks.
There are an awful lot of catamarans cruising now.
I found out it is not just the price of purchasing one, but to get a yard, that can haul out a boat 22 foot wide or more and store it, tends to be extremely expensive.
Buying the boat is one thing, keeping it is another
I'm quite happy on my little boat as the view is just the same
There are an awful lot of catamarans cruising now.
I found out it is not just the price of purchasing one, but to get a yard, that can haul out a boat 22 foot wide or more and store it, tends to be extremely expensive.
Buying the boat is one thing, keeping it is another
I'm quite happy on my little boat as the view is just the same
#84
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Frank - March 26, 2026, 05:59:41 AMSailed down to Elbow Cay. It has been a few years and it was nice to walk around familiar streets again. Hopetown harbour with the candy striped lighthouse is magical. Apparently it is the last kerosine fired lighthouse in the world.
#85
Boat Discussion / Re: Spring Commissioning
Last post by Frank - March 23, 2026, 06:01:13 PMThat's one "off the list"
Those last turns can be super tight too....
Hard to get off...
Glad it all worked out for you
Those last turns can be super tight too....
Hard to get off...
Glad it all worked out for you
#86
Boat Discussion / Re: Spring Commissioning
Last post by wolverine - March 23, 2026, 12:23:43 PMPliers did their job and everything is 10-4. Hopefully. I ran it in gear for about 5 minutes but didn't see any water dripping from the stuffing box. I may have to have someone look at it.
#87
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Frank - March 23, 2026, 11:16:13 AMBeautiful sunset last night!
#88
Boat Discussion / Spring Commissioning
Last post by wolverine - March 23, 2026, 11:14:09 AMWater has warmed up and it's clear so I decided to suit up and see if can unwrap the dock line that entangled the Orion's prop last December. Most of the line I was able to just unwrap, but right on the shaft it had to be cut off. I got down to a few pieces and couldn't get them out. Forgetting I had cleaned out the tool locker, I'm waiting for my wife to bring me an adjustable pliers to hopefully finish the job.
#89
sailFar.net Discussion / Time….
Last post by Frank - March 22, 2026, 12:03:26 PMAs I age, I realize the importance of time.
Time truly is our most precious commodity.
How we use that time, the choices we make, truly do create our lives.
I seen countless dreamers over the years. I've known countless people that have lived their dreams..
There is not always a "next year"
I love this:
"Happy are they that dream dreams, and make conscious choices to fulfill them"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywENwzth42M&feature=youtu.be
Time truly is our most precious commodity.
How we use that time, the choices we make, truly do create our lives.
I seen countless dreamers over the years. I've known countless people that have lived their dreams..
There is not always a "next year"
I love this:
"Happy are they that dream dreams, and make conscious choices to fulfill them"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywENwzth42M&feature=youtu.be
#90
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Frank - March 20, 2026, 04:55:58 AMQuote from: Godot on March 18, 2026, 07:43:37 PMHappy Birthday, Frank. Yeah, regards the fridge/freezer...it wasn't all that long ago when there was Engel and nothing much else and it cost a small fortune. I have mixed feeling about the changes over the past couple decades, but batteries, solar, refrigeration, and communications sure seem to be getting so affordable as to be no longer controversial.
So true....
Things are so much less expensive now compared to just a few years ago!