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06-04-2012, 23:42
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#61
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
she was the first woman I've met with 5-oclock shadow at 10am...
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Stop by Thailand and you'll find very large Germans paying big money for stuff like that. OOOPS ! Wrong thread.
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07-04-2012, 02:53
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#62
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Narragansett Bay
Boat: Able 50
Posts: 3,139
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
My very large German crew jumped ship after one night at sea.... no money there... mind she was the first woman I've met with 5-oclock shadow at 10am...
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Reminds me of a Greek girl I used to know. She had a moustache almost as good as her father's.
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07-04-2012, 03:05
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#63
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Change of Plan
in defence of germans,
i must say, if you ever want to get your boat really clean inside;
.......... invite some germans for a week or two's sailing....
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07-04-2012, 07:11
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#64
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hurricane Highway
Boat: O'Day 28
Posts: 3,920
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
My very large German crew jumped ship after one night at sea.... no money there... mind she was the first woman I've met with 5-oclock shadow at 10am...
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Those eyes, those thighs, Surprise!
With apologies to The Crying Game.
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11-04-2012, 06:59
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#65
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Change of Plan
got a date yet for the transit?
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12-04-2012, 10:37
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#67
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Change of Plan
i hate battery issues..scary things...worse than engines....engines are ok--i almost understand em.
happy partying until ye transit and smooth sailing !!!
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12-04-2012, 11:34
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#69
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Florida
Boat: Catalina 470
Posts: 2,583
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Re: Change of Plan
Boatman,
Just curious if you were able to contact either Don Anderson or Karsten Staffeld, that I refered you to last month, for Pacific weather routing????
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Boatman,
You can contact Don Anderson directly via e-mail, to clarify freqs, etc. (as he also uses 12.359mhz and 16.528mhz, for those far offshore) as well as discuss your passage and routing....
His website is Don on Summer Passage
And, In addition to Don, you may wish to contact Karsten Staffeld, a Danish sailor and long-time resident of Panama, who like Herb Hilgenberg (SOUTHBOUND II), offers detailed weather forecasts and routing advice, both by voice and email to yachts making the run across the Pacific....
karstenpanama - at – hotmail.com
I hope this helps...
John
s/v Annie Laurie
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Fair winds and good luck with the batteries!!!
John
s/v Annie Laurie
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12-04-2012, 12:24
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#70
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 30,585
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by ka4wja
Boatman,
Just curious if you were able to contact either Don Anderson or Karsten Staffeld, that I refered you to last month, for Pacific weather routing????
Fair winds and good luck with the batteries!!!
John
s/v Annie Laurie
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Hi John.... no have not tried contacting them as yet.. was going to leave that till I got away from the Carib side and was westward bound...
Just got a quote from Marine Warehouse for 1K less on the four... but cannot get them to me before May 2nd....
This job is gonna end up being a loss maker for me at this rate...
5 sailing weeks wasted and no day rate for this crap.....
__________________
It was a dark and stormy night and the captain of the ship said.. "Hey Jim, spin us a yarn." and the yarn began like this.. "It was a dark and stormy night.."
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12-04-2012, 12:40
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#71
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Change of Plan
sounds like a bad gig as far as money goes--i hope the sailing has made up for it-- good luck on the batteries--is that for all of them?? is a gag me price...painful...
sometimes a grenade in the oil pan seems like a great idea, but the neighbors may object a lil, and i havent studied the after effects on hull....i hope margos problem is fixed soon ..
weather across pacific is good for now---some breezes in some areas but mostly clear...
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12-04-2012, 13:46
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#72
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Kansas City, MO
Boat: In the hunt again, unknown
Posts: 1,331
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
Hey Zee.... yeah... engines... Margo's not to happy with hers right now... have suggested a bracket and long shaft 9+hp o/board instead of a lift out and rebuild here... just enough to get her through the canal and Mexico bound...
She's a bit nervous about that one tho'... the calms on the Pacific side...
Be interesting to hear the quote she gets... local chandlery has quoted $1076/8A8D AGM battery... and we need 4.... thats painfull.....
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Seen them for as little as $250 in the states. Might be worth the owners time to have them hot shotted down from the states.
At least the battery picked a good place to die, the Rum is pretty good there.
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13-04-2012, 02:20
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#73
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
Hey Zee.... yeah... engines... Margo's not to happy with hers right now... have suggested a bracket and long shaft 9+hp o/board instead of a lift out and rebuild here... just enough to get her through the canal and Mexico bound...
She's a bit nervous about that one tho'... the calms on the Pacific side...
Be interesting to hear the quote she gets... local chandlery has quoted $1076/8A8D AGM battery... and we need 4.... thats painfull.....
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will d8 200ah lead acid truck batteries fit in the space? they should be less than $200 each?
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15-04-2012, 10:57
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#74
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 30,585
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by atoll
will d8 200ah lead acid truck batteries fit in the space? they should be less than $200 each?
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Could have picked up the 'Wet's' (245ah) for $365 each unfortunately the battery box makes servicing them a real pain involving disconnecting and lifting 2 to get to the back two to slide forward one at a time...
But yeah thats the way I would have gone otherwise...
How was Vic's boat... or is the hunt still on...
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It was a dark and stormy night and the captain of the ship said.. "Hey Jim, spin us a yarn." and the yarn began like this.. "It was a dark and stormy night.."
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15-04-2012, 11:11
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#75
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
Could have picked up the 'Wet's' (245ah) for $365 each unfortunately the battery box makes servicing them a real pain involving disconnecting and lifting 2 to get to the back two to slide forward one at a time...
But yeah thats the way I would have gone otherwise...
How was Vic's boat... or is the hunt still on...
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thats a bummer,could you sail with just 2 wet cells? and save the owner a bit of money till aus?
vic has put a realistic offer in,relative to the amount of work that needs doing.
just waiting to see if the owner stops dreaming and accepts it,instead of waiting another 2 years....whilst the boat deteriourates further.....
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