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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 15-01-2024, 13:51
Replies: 106
Views: 10,648
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Used motor oil discard

Great that folks in New England have a practical solution for used oil. Bravo! But I am in Mexico. It is hot much of the year and nobody near the coasts heats indoor space - Ever! Marinas hate...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-01-2024, 14:03
Replies: 4
Views: 620
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: DIY boatyard San Diego?

Ventura Boatyard - a bit north of LA but who knows how far you will need to go. I spent a month there, working on my boat and living aboard.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 09-11-2023, 10:29
Replies: 31
Views: 2,368
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Anyone installed fuel tank for regular gas?

I once had a 27 ft. sailboat with an old gas engine which died. I put a 10hp Honda outboard on a bracket on the transom, and used the inboard gas tank plumbed to the Honda with the usual squeeze...
Forum: Americas 15-10-2023, 11:30
Replies: 2
Views: 517
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: seeking dry storage options pacific mexico and south

8 years ago I had a boat on the hard for a couple of weeks at Marina Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala. I can't get on to their website now as my browser considers it unsafe, so I don't know...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-09-2023, 17:08
Replies: 43
Views: 6,328
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Island Packet 420 Sinks Off CT Mooring

No one in this thread has mentioned that there is an obvious alternative method of attaching lines to a mooring buoy - use a Y-harness - two lines lead through the port and starboard hawse pipes that...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 29-04-2023, 08:30
Replies: 5
Crew Wanted: pacific northwest
Views: 1,276
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: pacific northwest

I may be interested in joining you. I have done that trip several times on 30-42' sailboats. How large a crew are you looking for?

Paul in Seattle
Forum: Dollars & Cents 29-03-2023, 12:45
Replies: 8
Views: 657
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Currency exchange in Mexico and the Caribbean

As donradcliffe said, open a Schwab account. You open an investment account with maybe $50 or $100, and ask for a checking account. Withdraw money from the checking account anywhere in the world -...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 20-10-2022, 14:51
Replies: 4
Views: 745
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Yacht Insurance

I ended up with a broker who arranges customized contracts - not cheap but I have insurance as required by all of the marinas in my area. PM me if you want contact info. or just ask a broker...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 20-10-2022, 05:46
Replies: 15
Views: 3,011
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Crew available for passages or deliveries

I am planning to move my Benford 34 junk schooner from Sea of Cortez to Seattle (via Hawaii) late spring/early summer 2023. If interested in joining me, please reply.
Forum: Marinas 01-09-2022, 10:14
Replies: 8
Views: 952
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Hauling Out

I visited both La Cruz and Chiapas in 2015. Haulout and launch in Chiapas went fine. In La Cruz I had some rigging work done and they seem very competent. But that was 7 years ago, same people...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-08-2022, 07:56
Replies: 69
Views: 12,352
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Junk-Rigged Cruiser Thread and AMA

I would encourage you to look into extensive technical information about junk rig rigging at the Junk Rig Association (https://www.junkrigassociation.org), including sizing battens, rigging a "fly up...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-08-2022, 06:37
Replies: 55
Views: 9,223
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Climbing the Mast with Webbing Ladder

I had one of those webbing ladders on a prevous boat - it came with a belt with attached bag for tools. The belt went around the climber and the mast so that you can use both hands for the work at...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-08-2022, 06:02
Replies: 69
Views: 12,352
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Junk-Rigged Cruiser Thread and AMA

I have a Benford 34 junk schooner, currently located in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. My only contact with other junk sailors is through JRA - I rarely encounter another junk on the West Coast. I did...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 12-03-2022, 19:21
Replies: 2
Views: 582
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Crew Avail./Los Angeles/So-Cal

I am in Ventura/Oxnard preparing a 34 foot junk schooner for ocean voyaging. I plan to sail down to Puerto Vallarta leaving at the end of March, then to Hawaii and finally Seattle, all by the end ...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 22-01-2022, 07:05
Replies: 36
Views: 5,131
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Catamaran with 6 masts, is it possible?

Here is another example - Pete Hill has sailed this boat many miles in open ocean offshore voyages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPL49LaN2Ow&ab_channel=MrTomooh

It demonstrates the use of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-01-2022, 06:53
Replies: 50
Views: 8,119
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Boat sitting -- making the connections

My wife and I have been using MindMyHouse for 10 years to find experienced petsitters to live in our house for a week to as long as 3 or 4 months, taking care of our cat and dog while we are off on a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 17-01-2022, 08:01
Replies: 18
Views: 3,774
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Amateur Radio Licence on a Boat

Get a portable rig, go ashore in your dinghy, and operate on the beach or under the shade of the nearest palm tree (which might be convenient for running up a wire antenna. You will need a...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 15-01-2022, 16:20
Replies: 78
Views: 15,701
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Tonga Volcano.. terrifying 4' tidal wave hits Nuku'Alofa!

A friend in Ventura, CA told me that nothing happened inside the Ventura West marina when the tidal wave supposedly hit the CA coastline. So Tofino and the rest of BC, much further away than SoCal,...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 04-01-2022, 11:56
Replies: 98
Views: 11,208
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Crew Management -- Medium Sized Crew

IMHO your points 1 and 2 are incompatible. Pick one person as cook/food tsar and everyone lives with it. One offshore voyage I was on we also had a water czar as the supply was somewhat limited. ...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 23-10-2021, 05:50
Replies: 37
Views: 7,120
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Green Cove Springs to St. Augustine

I don't know the time of the outgoing tide you are going to catch, but 7 years ago when I did that same trip, there was a railroad bridge right in downtown Jacksonville that had to open to let me...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 06-04-2021, 15:58
Replies: 4
Views: 1,737
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Simrad SD10 steer cable

OP - did you ever locate a replacement cable? I would like to have a spare on board has now seen 8 seasons worth of service including quite a few ocean miles. Just googling for a replacement cable...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-02-2021, 14:05
Replies: 99
Views: 16,894
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Your 27 - 32 ft story...

I have had a Ganley 30 for the past 10 years. Bought the boat in Nova Scotia and sailed down the east coast, out to the Bahamas and back to Florida, and then down into the western Caribbean to Rio...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-02-2021, 10:19
Replies: 32
Views: 5,832
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Lightweight, Removable Bug Screens

I have used the Sogeman "BugBusters" for 10 years on my companionway and forward hatch. They work great, and as the previous poster said they stow easily in black plastic cases you can stick...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-01-2021, 07:41
Replies: 3
Views: 621
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Finding boat owner

The Coast Guard does not provide Personal Identifying Information on its Vessel Documentation website, just a bit of information about the vessel such as when a documentation certificate was last...
Forum: Americas 07-05-2020, 06:26
Replies: 14
Views: 3,844
Posted By PaulSommers
Re: Possible move to Victoria BC

You are considering moving to a sailing paradise. The marina options are many. Take a look at:
As a transient sailor from WA state I have stayed many times at the following places:...
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