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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 12-04-2021, 06:38
Replies: 87
Views: 9,731
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Sailing questions from a novelist

Frankly, the determination as to whether the boat is unsailable and completely unable to make way is more a function of the skill and knowledge of the skipper and crew rather than the damage to the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 29-03-2021, 06:32
Replies: 79
Views: 15,670
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Pros and Cons of Ketch?

Aside from all the legitimate functionality of the ketch in terms of sail selections, ease of handling and mast height; in spite of all these pluses, they’re just so much more pretty than sloops or...
Forum: Our Community 05-03-2021, 06:42
Replies: 65
Views: 5,318
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Do you read the whole thread?

No..quite honestly, no. However I do comment on the original poster’s question if I feel I can contribute. I choose not to see if others have posted responses that would make mine redundant. It’s...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-02-2021, 08:08
Replies: 127
Views: 31,001
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Frustrated Seller - Tartan 37

I haven’t read through all five pages of your post so my suggestions may have been covered earlier. Having said that I suggest that you consider the following:

1) stage the interior and exterior...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-02-2021, 08:06
Replies: 127
Views: 31,001
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Frustrated Seller - Tartan 37

I haven’t read through all five pages of your post so my suggestions may have been covered earlier. Having said that I suggest that you consider the following:

1) stage the interior and exterior...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-02-2021, 08:06
Replies: 127
Views: 31,001
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Frustrated Seller - Tartan 37

I haven’t read through all five pages of your post so my suggestions may have been covered earlier. Having said that I suggest that you consider the following:

1) stage the interior and exterior...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-01-2021, 11:32
Replies: 134
Views: 16,667
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Winter Shrink Wrap ? Why?

I’ve owned and stored both sail and powerboats for the last 50 years around Detroit. Lots for winter precipitation in every variation. The first and only boat I ever shrink wrapped was a 42 foot...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 11-01-2021, 07:06
Replies: 30
Views: 9,536
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Coast Guard ends search for boat carrying 20 from Bahamas to Florida

I have not, as of this date Jan 11 2012, heard of any reports in the news of missing persons by families or relatives that would relate to this tragedy! I would have thought that at least those...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 04-01-2021, 09:05
Replies: 79
Views: 12,595
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Ice in the bilge? Sad story. Or not?

Contact your yard manager immediately and have his shipwrights drill a hole in the lowest part of the bilge and install a garboard plug. Every boat that’s on the hard for any period of time should...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 28-12-2020, 07:31
Replies: 95
Views: 21,149
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: To what extent is a gimballed stove necessary?

The Forespar gimballed single burner stove is a lifesaver when passage making for boiling water for coffee soup or oatmeal. I also use the locking oven on our force 10 with a cast iron Dutch oven...
Forum: Our Community 18-12-2020, 06:42
Replies: 144
Views: 24,601
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Yacht Wear: Anybody Dress Like This?

Gym shorts and T’s barefoot until we need foulies, sea boots and long underwear! One set of “going ashore” wash and wear docker tan slacks, topsiders and a button down blue denim shirt. One anorak...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-12-2020, 06:59
Replies: 92
Views: 14,253
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Should I consider a ketch as a first boat?

Absolutely no issues starting with a ketch either with or without a staysail. In my50+ years of sailing I’ve sailed catboats, dinghies , sloops, cutters, ketches and schooners and variations of all...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 07-12-2020, 07:54
Replies: 84
Views: 15,775
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Adding Bleach to RO Water

I found that adding a litre of hydrogen peroxide to 100 gallons of RO water resolved any issues with bacteria, taste or odour.
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 30-11-2020, 07:22
Replies: 0
Want To Buy: Small schooner
Views: 1,503
Posted By Mainstreet
Small schooner

Looking for a small lazyjack or tancook schooner to use as a daysailer on the Great Lakes.

Contact Joe Ouellette, jouellette@acrolab.com.
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 30-11-2020, 07:09
Replies: 125
Views: 26,921
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Live aboards: what kind of oven do you have or wish you had?

We spent a lot of time on the hook and in overnight passages so propane was a necessity. I prefer the force ten range; the three burner model. I found the oven, which we used a lot, to be slightly...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 20-11-2020, 06:53
Replies: 65
Views: 8,190
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Where is Everything on the Boat?

When my wife and I started our three year cruise in New Orleans back in 2016, I used my IPad “notes” app. I looked in every cubbyhole and bilge compartment we had and beginning at the bow through to...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 23-10-2020, 06:55
Replies: 56
Views: 22,198
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Tabernacle mast - seaworthy?

Given that the mast is pivoting on a hinge pin so, out of necessity must be free of the mast step in Oder to pivot, there can be an issue of transmitting compression forces and support but if a...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 12-10-2020, 07:54
Replies: 75
Views: 20,789
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Canada. Buy a boat in the name of my corporation

Pay the appropriate tax to free the funds you have and buy the boat. Trust me, CRA will find you and will determine that you’re scamming them. At that point your life will be hell instead of paradise!
Forum: Vendor Spotlight - Great Deals for CF Members! 09-10-2020, 07:33
Replies: 146
Views: 13,158
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: OCEANPLANET ENERGY GIVEAWAY - ends Oct 12

https://oceanplanetenergy.com/solar-overview/solara-marine-solar-panels/

Just sold our boat and cicely looking for a small schooner. Solar panels would be a great add to the new boat!
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 21-09-2020, 07:52
Replies: 57
Views: 9,315
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Upsizing the Fortress for spare anchor

I used a Fortress #37 (21 lbs) on my Morgan 462 ketch as a backup since I had a 70 lb ROCNA and a 50 lb Bruce in the twin rollers. I lashed the #37 on to the outside of the pulpit with light cord so...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-09-2020, 07:53
Replies: 65
Views: 10,881
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Alternatives to Rocna / Mantus M1

Probably the best example is the one the original poster cited. His need to find an anchor to fit his existing anchor roller/davit rather than choosing an appropriate anchor as a first priority and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-09-2020, 07:25
Replies: 65
Views: 10,881
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Alternatives to Rocna / Mantus M1

If your cruising and want a safe comfortable night’s sleep in less than ideal conditions, then find a way to fit that Manson or ROCNA. Generally, racing gear and boat configurations don’t lend...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 28-08-2020, 06:56
Replies: 120
Views: 14,930
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Buying a sailboat on the Great Lakes or buying on the ocean?

In 2016 we decided to buy a cruising ketch and sail the Caribbean. We already had a Mirage 35 on the Great Lakes. Our choice was to buy a boat in the southern US and keep the Mirage 35. We bought our...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 24-08-2020, 08:14
Replies: 315
Views: 21,396
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: US / Canada border restrictions predictions...

I’ve read some but not all posts to this thread. I concur with most in saying that the border will be closed until there is widespread willingness to open on the part of Canadians. We are far from...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-08-2020, 11:50
Replies: 69
Views: 7,441
Posted By Mainstreet
Re: Main and mizzen furling options

Stack pack, tides sail track and Roller bearing bat cars with fully battened sails. As insurance a down haul line from the head to a comfortable position on the main or mizzen masts. I had this rig...
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