http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/ en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:53:20 GMT vBulletin 60 http://cdn.cruisersforum.com/forums/../ugala/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/ http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/dengue-outbreak-in-cabo-verde-islands-33067.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:34:08 GMT Bad outbreak of dengue reported from Cabo Verde Islands. Epidemic declared by Cabo Verde Health Ministry. 13000 suspected cases, 3000 confirmed... Bad outbreak of dengue reported from Cabo Verde Islands.

Epidemic declared by Cabo Verde Health Ministry. 13000 suspected cases, 3000 confirmed cases, 68 haemorrhagic cases, 6 deaths.

Reported to Noonsite, hope they will post it this weekend or Monday under Cabo Verde / Health. ]]> barnakiel http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/dengue-outbreak-in-cabo-verde-islands-33067.html http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/good-foul-weather-gear-for-warm-weather-32995.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:12:56 GMT Hi Everyone...

Getting ready for my week long ASA course and realized I really don't have any foul weather gear. So before I go to spend some money I was wondering if you kind folks would offer up your favorite brand and type. I figure I can always wear enough under them to keep warm, so was thinking of relatively light weight... I did search a bit on the site.. looks like "Gill" is well thought of... any others I should consider ? Want something of good quality, hoping they will last me a long time..

Cheers ]]> capcook http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/good-foul-weather-gear-for-warm-weather-32995.html http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/junk-rig-and-lightning-strikes-32903.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:08:36 GMT I am looking at a junk rigged boat design and I've never owned one before - all my sailing has been Bermuda rigs: Making the vessel stayed is not really an option.

I currently live in South East Asia and we have a very significant thunderstorm problem - both frequent and extremely violent: In Cambodia (my base), there are several hundred deaths every year from lightning strikes (including one death in the city near my house, a man sitting under his metal-roofed veranda). So we have good reason to respect thunderstorms.

On a stayed mast, it is possible to bolt chain to the beam stays and take any strike over the side into the water. Nav electronics might get fried but at least, the charge is unlikely to travel down the mast cables and out through the hull via the depth gauge (which has happened, blowing a sizable hole in the hull and sinking the unmanned anchored boat).

But an un-stayed junk rig mast is stepped into the keel, with any nav-light cables and masthead electronics fed out at deck or below deck levels.

So my question is how do you earth a un-stayed mast. For me it's a real issue ... be it at anchor or underway, a 30' metal mast poking sky-ways in an otherwise flat sea presents a when not if likelihood of getting hit.

Rhoel ]]> Rhoel_Asia http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/junk-rig-and-lightning-strikes-32903.html http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/sea-sickness-32776.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:33:28 GMT Hi everyone,
just joined & getting some good info from you all. Can anyone tell me where I can purchase seasick pills called Sturgeron [think that's how it's spelt] someone told me they were always seasick & nothing worked better than these. Cheers to you all ]]> oldmotherreily http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/sea-sickness-32776.html http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/recent-pirate-attack-talked-to-the-captain-in-shelter-bay-32674.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:42:33 GMT Pirates attack off the Nicaraguan Banks Created by sue. Last modified on 2009-11-02 16:30:32 Not a good time for a fire fight.. 30 year old... Pirates attack off the Nicaraguan Banks

Created by sue. Last modified on 2009-11-02 16:30:32
Not a good time for a fire fight.. 30 year old Captain on Chile flagged boat said they treated them very nice. Got the outboard, cash, radios, food and things that could be sold. Left the dingy. Juan said he begged them for his laptop and they left it.

Topic: Piracy Reports 2009
Countries: Nicaragua

This is a report from s/v Blu Interlude, a 47' sailing vessel.

At 0700 on Monday 26 October, 2009, we were under way along the Nicaraguan Banks, about 16 miles off Cabo Gracias A Dios (GPS position Lat: 15 4.7' N / Long: 82 55.1 W).

We were flagged down by a green panga approximately 25' with 4 men on board. Some of the Pirates were wearing para military clothing. We slowed the boat down and then the pirates pulled shotguns and pistols and boarded us.

At gun point they tied all three of us up and then took cameras, money, dinghy outboard, watches, sun glasses, hand held GPS and VHF radios and cell phones. They were on board for about 45 minutes searching the boat for valuables.

The attack was reported to the Coast Guard at San Andreas Island, Columbia on Tuesday October 27, 2009.

Juan Pablo Del Solar Goldsmith
Captain
SV Blu Interlude ]]> Panamajames http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/recent-pirate-attack-talked-to-the-captain-in-shelter-bay-32674.html http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/are-your-floorboards-secured-if-so-how-32599.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:09:57 GMT Ok, I'm not sure if it's actually called floorboards in english, but I hope you know what I mean. Feel free to enlighten me on the correct terminology :) I just want to know i they are secured and how. Mos I've seen have not been and would go flying if the boat was knocked down. Apart from the hazard of flying boards, it would be quite difficult walking around afterwards.

/Hampus ]]> Hampus http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/are-your-floorboards-secured-if-so-how-32599.html http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/piracy-and-firearms-another-view-32553.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:02:19 GMT I found this article on Noonsite, good cruising site.

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"Piracy & Firearms: Another View

"Created by doina. Last modified on 2007-03-27 12:33:04
"Contributors:
"Topic: Self-defence and Deterring Attacks

"I was scanning your site, like I do often, and I noticed on the issue of piracy some short comments about using firearms to ward off pirates.

"One good source of info on modern piracy that many who own yachts may not have ever read is an American magazine called, "Soldier of Fortune".

"Soldier of Fortune" magazine, founded and edited by a retired US Army special forces colonel, is known as the only publication to have had a reporter on the ground the entire time during the Russian war in Afghanistan.

"This magazine is of extreme . . ."

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To read the rest of the Noonsite.com post, go to:

http://www.noonsite.com/Members/doin...7-03-14-4/view ]]> Panamajames http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/piracy-and-firearms-another-view-32553.html http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/medical-emergency-response-training-32328.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:20:47 GMT I have just completed a medical emergency response course and highly recommend such for anyone voyaging or adventuring in remote areas. I took the... I have just completed a medical emergency response course and highly recommend such for anyone voyaging or adventuring in remote areas. I took the Wilderness First Responder course by Wilderness Medical Associates (48 class/field hours hrs plus at least 24 hrs of pre-class study). WMA also offers an Offshore Emergency Medicine course, which follows the same text. Materials, presentation and participation were excellent. ]]> JamuJoe http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/medical-emergency-response-training-32328.html